Definition of "handle-bars" [handle-bars]

• A large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I am leaning forward, arms out wide on the low-lying handle-bars, legs pushed back."
• "I recognize the bright turquoise vélo* with the caramel leather seat and wide longhorn handle-bars."
• "Joe was halfway down to the saloon when Martin passed by, bending low over the handle-bars, his legs driving the ninety - six gear with rhythmic strength, his face set for seventy miles of road and grade and dust."