WordNet
n. a bar attached parallel to a wall to provide a handgrip for steadying yourself
Wikipedia
Grab bars are safety devices designed to enable a person to maintain balance, lessen fatigue while standing, hold some of their weight while maneuvering, or have something to grab onto in case of a slip or fall. A caregiver may use a grab bar to assist with transferring a patient from one place to another. A worker may use a grab bar to hold on to as he or she climbs, or in case of a fall.
Usage examples of "grab bar".
She flinched as a line of tracer fire flicked across the opening, and reached out for a grab bar as Bukowski recoiled into her.
One foot in front of the other, squealing with effort, my right hand slipping on the grab bar with the same sweat that beads my forehead.
Unlike her Graysons, the 'cat was completely relaxed, and she decided to take that as another good sign as she reached for the grab bar and swung into the tube's zero-gee.
Panting, he put one protective arm around her, the other still holding fast to a grab bar to steady them against the churning water.
Then he reached over his head, pulled down the grab bar and punched.
His suit thrusters nudged him a bit closer, and he caught the grab bar above the access panel.
He reached the end of the tube, caught the grab bar, and swung himself into the heavy cruiser's internal gravity.
They had lounged insolently on the grab bar in the cargo lift, and commented on the grooming of ship's crew in terms that had the reporting ensign red-faced.
The docking tube hatch opened, and the two captains turned to face it, waiting side by side until Honor Harrington caught the grab bar and swung herself into Terrible's onboard gravity.
She caught the grab bar at the far end and swung through the interface with the ship's gravity with the smoothness of decades of experience.