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kneebar

noun

Etymology

From knee + bar.

  1. derived from *barra✻
  2. derived from barre
  3. inherited from barre
  4. compounded as kneebar — “knee + bar”

Definitions

  1. A joint lock where the knee is hyperextended in order to cause pain and/or injury.

  2. A climbing technique in which the climber uses a knee for leverage or support.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA