lat pulldown

noun

variants or less commonly lateral pulldown

plural lat pulldowns also lateral pulldowns

: a strength-training exercise for the latissimus dorsi muscles performed usually by sitting at an exercise machine and pulling down on an overhead bar or handle which is attached to the machine with a pulley system connected to weights

also : a similar exercise (as one performed with dumbbells)

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above