wall of death

British

noun

(at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides

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Researchers had two participants, one man and one woman, attempt to run inside a borrowed wall of death cylinder while harnessed to a counterbalance that mimicked the Moon’s gravity.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

Riding the wall of death, sometimes known as a well of death, isn’t easy.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022

There was the wall of death, where a man rode a motorcycle at a 90-degree angle.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2018

My wall of death had offered a less complicated anguish than this fact of competition with a threatening and capable rival, who was also my younger brother.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2017

A total of thirty fresh warriors, armor gleaming and eyes frill of hate, lowered their lances as one—making a bristling wall of death.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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