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ˈrope-ˌdancer
[rope n.1 2 b. Cf. Du. reepdanser.]
One who ‘dances’ or balances on a rope suspended at some height above the ground; a funambulist. Also fig.
1648Wilkins Dædalus ii. vii, It [petaminaria] is probably derived from the Greek word πετασθαι, which signifies to Fly, and may refer to such kind of Rope-Dancers. 1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 33 Those usually that have been rope-dancers in the schools, oft-times prove Jack puddings in the pulpit. 1707Sir W. Hope New Method Fencing iii. 35 The surprising..Feats of Activity, performed by..Rope-Dancers, and Tumblers. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 143 Posture-master, rope-dancer, and equilibrist. 1822Hazlitt Table-t. I. i. 18 To balance himself for any time in the same position the rope-dancer must strain every nerve. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. i. I. 102 All who live by amusing the leisure of others, from the painter and the comic poet, down to the rope-dancer. |