Used (on the analogy of 1b) to render Latin stadium in the sense of ‘the course for foot-races’. (Chiefly figurative.) Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > course (5) furlongc1374 Used (on the analogy of 1b) to render Latin stadium in the sense of ‘the course for foot-races’. (Chiefly figurative.) Obsolete. stadiec1374 = stadium, n. 2. stadium1603 A race-course for foot-racing, originally a stadium in length; hence occasionally foot-racing as an exercise. In modern use often in extended… stade1875 A stadium or course for foot-racing. Also attributive. rare. lane1909 In Athletics, a course for a runner marked out by broad chalk-lines (originally strings). Hence also in Swimming, such a course marked out by ropes… |
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