starting bar

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Starting \Start"ing\ (st[aum]rt"[i^]ng), a. & n. from Start, v. [1913 Webster]

Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine.

Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]

Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.

Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. [1913 Webster]