A rail at waist level used in ballet practice (5)

I believe the answer is:

barre

(Other definitions for barre that I've seen before include "Where dancer goes for practice" , "Rail for ballet practice" , "Ballet dancer's rail" , "Ballet exercise support" , "At which a ballet dancer exercises" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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