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Queensberry|ˈkwiːnzbərɪ|
Also (erron.) -bury.
The name of Sir John Sholto Douglas (1844–1900), eighth Marquis of Queensberry, used attrib. in Queensberry rules, a code of rules drawn up in 1867 under his supervision to govern the sport of boxing in Great Britain; also, the name by which the present rules of boxing are known; also transf.
1895G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 28 Sept. 410/1 There the contest was in the presence of a court, with measured ground and due formality—under Queensberry rules, so to speak. 1899A. Conan Doyle in Strand Mag. XVIII. 368/1 It's twenty rounds, two-ounce gloves, Queensberry rules. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 11 June 472/3 Ever since 1866, when the Queensberry rules were introduced, pugilism has lost much of its romantic interest. 1960Observer 24 Jan. 7/2 You would have thought that the average citizen would be only too anxious to see property being protected and would not worry so much about the Queensberry Rules being observed. 1975Oxf. Compan. Sports 110 Broughton's rules were so sensible that they formed the basis of the London Prize-ring Rules drawn up in 1838..and even of the Queensberry Rules introduced towards the end of the nineteenth century in London. 1977New Yorker 13 June 121/1 An at last complete love affair with a married woman..was in the Queensberry rules; she could not object. |