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wall of death

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wall of death
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides


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For the adrenaline junkie, The Wall of Death is an 18-foot high cylindrical wall which riderswill ride around inside on vintage "Indian" motorcycles, some with a passenger clinging to the handlebars and some against one another in the "Hell Riders Race".
His time has seen him trying his hand at speedway racing, horse riding and even putting himself up for the hair-raising Wall of Death.
Sometimes when I am sitting at my desk I hear the pitter patter of tiny feet, and sometimes they do a wall of death around my office.
 
 
 
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