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bonspiel Sc.|ˈbɒnspiːl, -spɪl|
Forms: 6 bonspeill, 8 -speel, 9 -spel, -speil, -spiel.
[Of uncertain origin and history: many conjectures may be seen in Jamieson and elsewhere; perhaps it represents a Du. *bondspel f. bond = verbond ‘covenant, alliance, compact’, and spel ‘play’. The word prob. entered Scotch as a whole, spiel, spel, having never been in common use for ‘play’.]
†1. A set match at some game. Obs.
c1565R. Lindsay Cron. Scotl. 348 (Jam.) The kingis mother..tuik ane waigeour of archerie vpoun the Inglish⁓manis handis, contrair the king hir sone..The king, heiring of this bonspeill of his mother, was weill content.
2. spec. A ‘grand curling-match’ between two distinct clubs or districts.
(The spiels, and definition of them, in quot. 1831, are constructed by the writer from his own etymological fancies.)
a1772J. Græme in Anderson Poets XI. 447 (Jam.) Some hoary hero..tedious talks..of many a bonspeel gain'd Against opposing parishes. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxii, He never..gave another glance at the bonspiel, though there was the finest fun amang the curlers ever was seen. 1831Blackw. Mag. XXX. 972 Bonspiels or bonspels in contradistinction to spiels, which may be defined to imply a game or match between members of the same society, or of a limited number of adversaries, are matches between rival parishes or districts. 1865Times 22 Feb. Quebec, The grand ‘bonspiel’ of the Curling Club comes off tomorrow. |