barres

Barres is the plural form of barre, a French noun meaning bar, rod, or beam. The term is used in several fields with related but distinct meanings.

In engineering and construction, barres denotes rigid rods used as structural members. They may be steel or composite, serve as tie bars, reinforcing bars in concrete (rebar in English), or slender supports in trusses and frameworks. They are specified by material, diameter, length, and end connections, and may be threaded, welded, or fixed into joints.

In ballet, the barre is the horizontal handrail attached to studio walls or portable frames used for warm-ups and technique training. Dancers use barres for balance and to guide alignment during pliés, tendues, and relevés. Barres come in wood, metal, or plastic and vary in height and length to accommodate students.

In music, the term barre refers to a technique on stringed instruments (notably the guitar) where one finger presses across several strings to form a barre chord or note. The English plural barres is used when discussing multiple barre chords or the concept in French contexts; however, in common practice the singular barre is more common in English-language texts.

Summary: The word barres appears in engineering, dance, and music, each with a related core idea of a bar or ridge used for support, control, or tension.