tight-rope walking

See also: tight-rope-walking, tightrope walking, and tightrope-walking

English

Noun

tight-rope walking (uncountable)

  1. Dated spelling of tightrope walking.
    • 1858 April 11, “Public Amusements”, in Weekly Dispatch, number 2947, London, →OCLC, page 10, column 3:
      The directors of the Palace bend to the times, and however ill-associated some of their entertainments may be with the character of the edifice, they wisely reckoned upon the attractions of conjuring, morris-dances, tight-rope walking, Punch and Judy, and nigger melodies.
    • 1859 July 15, Colonist, “[Charles] Blondin Again Successful. He Walks the Rope Backwards and Returns Propelling a Wheelbarrow.”, in The Daily British Whig, volume XXVIII, number 165, Kingston, Ont., published 16 July 1859, →OCLC, page [2], column 4:
      After this, people were inclined to believe that the fearless acrobat could accomplish anything in the way of tight-rope walking, and accordingly the thousands that were drawn to the scene yesterday had every confidence that he would successfully the last and greatest feat of all—that of propelling a wheelbarrow before him across the entire length of the rope.
    • 1859 July 20, “Recreation”, in The Oregon Statesman, volume 9, number 28 (444 overall), Salem, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [2], column 1:
      The demoralizing tendencies of the splendid four-horse act, the sinful allurements of summersaulting, and the vicious surroundings of tight-rope walking are alike unperceived by him.
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