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‖ fuˈnambulus Obs.
Pl. funambuli.
[L.: see funambule n.]
A rope-dancer.
a1614Jas. Melvill Diary (1842) 487, I saw a funambulus, a Frenchman, play strang and incredible prattiks upon stented takell in the Palace-close. a1639Wotton in Reliq. (1651) 484 Walking not like a Funambulus upon a Cord, but upon the edge of a rasor. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. xxii. 240 Our Funambuli and Tumblers. 1686Plot Staffordsh. vii. 239 Spiders..will winde up the thred shorter till it is very straight, as the Funambuli strain their roaps. |