| 单词 | distance chair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdistance chair distance chair n. now historical a raised chair situated at the distance post in a heat race for the use of the distance judge; cf. distance stand n.In quot. 1911 with reference to the fence on the Grand National course at Aintree subsequently commonly known as The Chair. ΚΠ 1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 12 Sept. Pulled up at the distance chair. 1866 Chester Chron. 22 Sept. 8/5 At the distance chair Accident came to the front and won easily by seven lengths. 1911 Penny Illustr. Paper 1 Apr. 430 (caption) The distance chair jump. 1931 Brisbane Courier 17 June 6/4 There were three posts or ‘stoops’, round which the horses had to pass, making a kind of loop, and then to return along the same track to the ‘distance chair’, which was 240 yards short of the winning post. < as lemmas |
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