1. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; - Example: "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent" - Example: "they had the big top up in less than an hour" [syn: circus tent, big top, round top, top]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
circus tent
n 1: a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus
performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent";
"they had the big top up in less than an hour" [syn:
circus tent, big top, round top, top]