A high wire is a rope stretched high for walking across. Cross the high wire.
The pole is held to slow any rotation, not to balance in the way it looks. A high wire act without a net is a decision the performer makes rather than the venue.
1nounhigh wireA rope stretched high for walking across.
“The high wire was strung between two towers of the building.”
high wire is a rope.
highwire comes from high + wire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Circus & Fairground