To sit near by and concentrate solely upon the doings of these ant people, was as easy as watching a single circus ring of performing elephants, while two more rings, a maze of trapezes, a race track and side-shows were in full swing.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
In a hammock of beams and rafters, swinging like a network of trapezes, Monkey swooped down after him, head first as usual.
"A Prisoner in Fairyland"
Algernon Blackwood
Now let's go out to the barn and look to see where we can put up the trapezes and rings and things like that, and where I can hang by my feet and by my hands."
"Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus"
Laura Lee Hope