rope dancen.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊp dɑːns/,

/ˈrəʊp dans/, U.S.

/ˈroʊp ˌdæns/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rope n.¹, dance n.

Etymology: < rope n.¹ + dance n., after rope-dancing n. and rope-dancer n. Compare Dutch reepdans (1599, now rare and archaic).

1. A performance on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing

rope-dancing1625

rope-walking1625

funambuling1650

funambulation1707

rope dance1727

wire-dancing1755

tightrope dancing1800

funambulism1801

wire-walking1804

wire act1891

wirework1899

slacklining1999

1727 Dalton's Country Justice (new ed.) lxvi. 206 Nusances... Stages for Mountebanks or Rope-dances.

1757 E. Cobden Disc. & Ess. 332 Let me with my Hautboy to the Postern advance, I'll engage all your Puddings will take a Rope dance.

1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 67 The peoples' [sic] fondness for certain funambuli, or rope-dances.

1869 B. Chunder Trav. Hindoo iii. 145 This beats Pliny's elephants dancing the rope-dance.

1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 7 Life was a rope-dance, a swing, a butterfly chase.

1916 Mod. Philol. 14 58 His performance was probably in the nature of an acrobatic exhibition, perhaps a rope-dance.

2004 Korea Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. In the Garden Stage, tight-rope walker Kwon Won-tae will perform a rope dance.

2. The death throes of a person executed by hanging. Also in extended use. Now archaic.

ΚΠ

1735 London Mag. Jan. 35/2 Not that rope dance that fam'd Jack Catch is Expert in teaching graceless wretches.

1739 M. Browne Poems 184 Where Ruffian Ketch..Shews himself skill'd to rear a Scholar, Rope-Dances teaching—by the Collar.

1827 J. A. Paris Philos. in Sport I. vi. 150 He is so fond of antics that he wo'n't suffer a mop or broom in his house; lest, I suppose, it should..put an end to the fly's rope-dance upon a cobweb.

1890 J. F. A. Wilde Anc. Cures, Charms, & Usages Ireland 140 And when the fatal day came, all the town was crowded to see young Denis dance the rope-dance.

2000 B. Cornwell Harlequin i. 121 I don't want to watch you hang. I don't mind watching most fools doing the rope dance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rope dance
释义	rope dancen. Brit. /ˈrəʊp dɑːns/, /ˈrəʊp dans/, U.S. /ˈroʊp ˌdæns/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rope n.¹, dance n. Etymology: < rope n.¹ + dance n., after rope-dancing n. and rope-dancer n. Compare Dutch reepdans (1599, now rare and archaic). 1. A performance on a rope stretched between two points at some height above the ground. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > rope-walking or dancing rope-dancing1625 rope-walking1625 funambuling1650 funambulation1707 rope dance1727 wire-dancing1755 tightrope dancing1800 funambulism1801 wire-walking1804 wire act1891 wirework1899 slacklining1999 1727 Dalton's Country Justice (new ed.) lxvi. 206 Nusances... Stages for Mountebanks or Rope-dances. 1757 E. Cobden Disc. & Ess. 332 Let me with my Hautboy to the Postern advance, I'll engage all your Puddings will take a Rope dance. 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 67 The peoples' [sic] fondness for certain funambuli, or rope-dances. 1869 B. Chunder Trav. Hindoo iii. 145 This beats Pliny's elephants dancing the rope-dance. 1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 7 Life was a rope-dance, a swing, a butterfly chase. 1916 Mod. Philol. 14 58 His performance was probably in the nature of an acrobatic exhibition, perhaps a rope-dance. 2004 Korea Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. In the Garden Stage, tight-rope walker Kwon Won-tae will perform a rope dance. 2. The death throes of a person executed by hanging. Also in extended use. Now archaic. ΚΠ 1735 London Mag. Jan. 35/2 Not that rope dance that fam'd Jack Catch is Expert in teaching graceless wretches. 1739 M. Browne Poems 184 Where Ruffian Ketch..Shews himself skill'd to rear a Scholar, Rope-Dances teaching—by the Collar. 1827 J. A. Paris Philos. in Sport I. vi. 150 He is so fond of antics that he wo'n't suffer a mop or broom in his house; lest, I suppose, it should..put an end to the fly's rope-dance upon a cobweb. 1890 J. F. A. Wilde Anc. Cures, Charms, & Usages Ireland 140 And when the fatal day came, all the town was crowded to see young Denis dance the rope-dance. 2000 B. Cornwell Harlequin i. 121 I don't want to watch you hang. I don't mind watching most fools doing the rope dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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