A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. from late 18th c.
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
Circuit; space; enclosure.
To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.
A fairground carousel.
A detour.
A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.
A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. from late 18th c.
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
Circuit; space; enclosure.
To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.
A fairground carousel.
A detour.
A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.
A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.