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ˈrope-ˌdancing, vbl. n.
[rope n.1 2 b.]
The action of ‘dancing’ or balancing on a stretched rope; funambulism. Also transf.
a1704T. Brown Wks. (1709) III. iii. 142 As the Romans borrow'd their Comedy from the Græcians; so it is not improbable, that to them likewise they owe their Rope-Dancing. 1775Johnson in Boswell 16 Oct., At the Boulevards saw nothing, yet was glad to be there.—Rope-dancing and farce. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes xiv, There was a spectral attempt at rope-dancing in the little open theatre. 1871Kingsley At Last v, The rope-dancing which goes on in the boughs of the Poui tree.
So ˈrope-ˌdancing ppl. a.
c1825Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVII. 549 Rope Dancing Elephants were exhibited by Galba when Prætor. 1872Howells Wedd. Journ. (1892) 276 Every swaggering statue of a saint, every rope-dancing angel. |