fieldingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈfiːldɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfildɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s feilding (Scottish), 1800s– fielding.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: field n.¹, -ing suffix¹; field v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: In early use probably < field n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. In later use < field v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. The action of taking the field in battle; fighting. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun]

fightc893

fighting?c1225

battlingc1300

armsc1325

toilc1330

toilingc1330

befighting1489

fielding1526

combating1594

preliation1640

1526 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 237* Ffor..Insurrectioune and Feilding aganis Johne Duke of Albany.

2. Cricket and Baseball. The action of stopping or collecting and returning the ball.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres

ball1483

through-pass1673

intercept1821

fielding1823

outfielding1851

wrist stroke1851

goalkeeping1856

shot1868

scrimmage1872

passing1882

save1883

touchback1884

angle shot1885

shooting1885

pass1887

line1891

tackling1893

feeding1897

centre1898

chip shot1899

glovework1906

back-lift1912

push pass1919

aerial1921

screen1921

ball-hawking1925

fast break1929

tackle1930

chip1939

screenshot1940

snapshot1961

hang time1969

one-two1969

blooter1976

passback1976

sidefoot1979

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > fielding

fielding1823

glovework1906

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun]

scouting1815

fielding1823

leather-hunting1865

1823 Lady's Mag. July 391/1 John Strong did very well; his length told in fielding.

1859 All Year Round 23 July 306 Their fielding was first-rate.

1884 H. C. Bunner in Harper's Mag. Jan. 299/1 Somebody will do a little neat fielding [in baseball].

1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 May 8/2 On fielding and on captaining.

1933 W. Winchell in Havana Evening Telegram 11 Apr. 2/2 Alibi Ike, player who makes excuses for poor fielding or batting.

1955 Times 9 May 15/1 The South Africans have been hailed as a great fielding combination.

2003 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 75/4 On tour England will normally practise for at least two hours each day working on fielding and fitness as well as using the nets.

†3. The action or process of exposing corn, malt, etc., to the air. Cf. field v. 3. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > drying of crops in field

parchinga1398

tedding1481

making?1523

winning1844

fielding1848

windrowing1970

1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 501 The wheat is harvested much greener... Six or seven days is as much fielding as is usually given.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 1076 When fielding is resorted to [in making vinegar], it must be commenced in the spring months..The fielding method requires a much larger extent of space..than the stoving process.

4. Chiefly Horse Racing. Originally: the action of betting against the favourite. In later use: the action of placing a bet or giving odds on a particular horse. Also (Australian): the action of operating as a bookmaker.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > types of betting

levanting1788

fielding1854

place betting1864

list-betting1874

sweepstaking1882

by-betting1886

spread betting1972

1854 Bell's Life in London 23 Apr. 4/5 The idea of ‘fielding’, when every race looked a certainty on paper, being regarded as a very ‘forlorn hope’.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 161 Laying against favourites is called fielding, and bookmakers are often known as fielders.

1895 Daily News 20 May 3/6 There was a lot of fielding against yesterday's winner.

1908 M. Cobbett Sporting Notions xii. 206 The amateur who goes into fielding is seldom so well treated as the pro.

1923 Times 20 Oct. 5/1 In spite of the fact that there was much fielding against the chance of Bessema in the opening race,..Sir A. Bailey's filly started favourite.

2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 33 Within 12 months, Behrmann had graduated from fielding in the provinces to having his own stand at Sydney meetings.

Compounds

fielding average n. Baseball = fielding percentage n.

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1867 Ball Players' Chron. 12 Dec. 5/3 The best players are those making the best batting and fielding average.

1954 Life 2 Aug. 81/1 Balls that a quicker man might have fielded went for base hits, but the fielding averages do not reflect this.

2004 D. M. Jordan Pete Rose 11 Second base was no place for Perez; in sixty games there, he had twenty-three errors, for an abysmal fielding average of .933.

fielding percentage n. Baseball a measurement of the defensive performance of a fielder or team, being the number of put-outs and assists achieved divided by the total number of chances to achieve them, expressed as a figure rounded to the third decimal place.

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1882 Daily Republican-Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 3 Sept. 6/3 Worcester made the best batting record, .266, and Cleveland the poorest, .177; while Cleveland obtained the best fielding percentage, .925, and Troy the poorest, .860.

1960 Baseball Digest Feb. 21/1 He does something for his team that can't be measured in terms of batting averages, runs batted in, fielding percentages or stolen base totals.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Feb. iv. 12/3 Errors (the number of times he fails) and fielding percentage (the rate at which he doesn't fail) often obscure the great glovemen who make dozens of plays that the mediocre don't have a chance to attempt.

† fielding piece n. Obsolete = field piece n. at field n.¹ Compounds 5.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces

falcon1496

falconet15..

field piece1544

fowler1548

fielding piece1565

falcon shot1598

field cannon1638

field gun1645

field culverin1659

galloper1746

Napoleon1862

1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 403 Fyve scoir stanis of leid for bullettis to be maid to small feilding pecis.

1646 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 400 The Army followed up after the Fielding Pieces.

fielding plane n. Scottish (now rare) a plane used to produce a lowered margin around a panel.

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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Fielding-plane, the plane used in fielding, i. e. in sinking the margin round a pannel.

1899 G. Williams in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 350/1 [Perthshire] A joiner told me his fieldin'-plane cost him 16/6.

1997 J. Rees & M. Rees in J. M. Gaynor 18th-cent. Woodworking Tools (2002) 103 These are panel fielding planes that date from around 1720-1730.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fieldingn.²

Brit.

/ˈfiːldɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfildɪŋ/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fielden n.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of fielden n. by association with words in -ing suffix¹. Compare fielding n.¹

Chiefly English regional (East Anglian). Now rare.

A level, open tract of land; spec. a flat, unwooded region of Norfolk and Suffolk.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country > type of

fielding1609

bottom prairie1804

prairie bottom1805

prairillon1811

mulatto prairie1858

1609 R. Hakluyt tr. Virginia richly Valued xx. 81 This Countrie was..fat and plentifull of Maiz, and the most part of it was fielding: they gathered as much as sufficed to passe the winter.

1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre i. xii. cxxvi. 317 If your Cavalry are by some accident to fight onely against some certaine foote Troopes of the enemies you must make choise of plaine fieldings, as a place most advantagious for that purpose.

1667 N. Fairfax Let. 5 Dec. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1967) IV. 12 In ye fieldings by Bury & ye like grounds by ye sea side they doe all wth foot plows.

1735 J. Kirby Suffolk Traveller 110 At 9m. 4 ½ f. cross a Brook and pass over the Fieldings.

1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk I. 93 The Fielding part of Norfolk, though daily decreasing, is still very great.

1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 265 The north-west sandy districts or fieldings.

1894 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. II. 245 The Fielding comprises the stretches of level country that have given Suffolk a reputation for flatness.

1962 Econ. Hist. Rev. 15 242 The clear contrast between the sheep farming ‘Fielding’ and the corn-growing and dairying ‘Woodland’ belongs to the later centuries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fielding
释义	fieldingn.¹ Brit. /ˈfiːldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfildɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s feilding (Scottish), 1800s– fielding. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: field n.¹, -ing suffix¹; field v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: In early use probably < field n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. In later use < field v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. The action of taking the field in battle; fighting. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] fightc893 fighting?c1225 battlingc1300 armsc1325 toilc1330 toilingc1330 befighting1489 fielding1526 combating1594 preliation1640 1526 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 237* Ffor..Insurrectioune and Feilding aganis Johne Duke of Albany. 2. Cricket and Baseball. The action of stopping or collecting and returning the ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres ball1483 through-pass1673 intercept1821 fielding1823 outfielding1851 wrist stroke1851 goalkeeping1856 shot1868 scrimmage1872 passing1882 save1883 touchback1884 angle shot1885 shooting1885 pass1887 line1891 tackling1893 feeding1897 centre1898 chip shot1899 glovework1906 back-lift1912 push pass1919 aerial1921 screen1921 ball-hawking1925 fast break1929 tackle1930 chip1939 screenshot1940 snapshot1961 hang time1969 one-two1969 blooter1976 passback1976 sidefoot1979 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > fielding fielding1823 glovework1906 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] scouting1815 fielding1823 leather-hunting1865 1823 Lady's Mag. July 391/1 John Strong did very well; his length told in fielding. 1859 All Year Round 23 July 306 Their fielding was first-rate. 1884 H. C. Bunner in Harper's Mag. Jan. 299/1 Somebody will do a little neat fielding [in baseball]. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 May 8/2 On fielding and on captaining. 1933 W. Winchell in Havana Evening Telegram 11 Apr. 2/2 Alibi Ike, player who makes excuses for poor fielding or batting. 1955 Times 9 May 15/1 The South Africans have been hailed as a great fielding combination. 2003 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 75/4 On tour England will normally practise for at least two hours each day working on fielding and fitness as well as using the nets. †3. The action or process of exposing corn, malt, etc., to the air. Cf. field v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > drying of crops in field parchinga1398 tedding1481 making?1523 winning1844 fielding1848 windrowing1970 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 501 The wheat is harvested much greener... Six or seven days is as much fielding as is usually given. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 1076 When fielding is resorted to [in making vinegar], it must be commenced in the spring months..The fielding method requires a much larger extent of space..than the stoving process. 4. Chiefly Horse Racing. Originally: the action of betting against the favourite. In later use: the action of placing a bet or giving odds on a particular horse. Also (Australian): the action of operating as a bookmaker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > types of betting levanting1788 fielding1854 place betting1864 list-betting1874 sweepstaking1882 by-betting1886 spread betting1972 1854 Bell's Life in London 23 Apr. 4/5 The idea of ‘fielding’, when every race looked a certainty on paper, being regarded as a very ‘forlorn hope’. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 161 Laying against favourites is called fielding, and bookmakers are often known as fielders. 1895 Daily News 20 May 3/6 There was a lot of fielding against yesterday's winner. 1908 M. Cobbett Sporting Notions xii. 206 The amateur who goes into fielding is seldom so well treated as the pro. 1923 Times 20 Oct. 5/1 In spite of the fact that there was much fielding against the chance of Bessema in the opening race,..Sir A. Bailey's filly started favourite. 2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 33 Within 12 months, Behrmann had graduated from fielding in the provinces to having his own stand at Sydney meetings. Compounds fielding average n. Baseball = fielding percentage n. ΚΠ 1867 Ball Players' Chron. 12 Dec. 5/3 The best players are those making the best batting and fielding average. 1954 Life 2 Aug. 81/1 Balls that a quicker man might have fielded went for base hits, but the fielding averages do not reflect this. 2004 D. M. Jordan Pete Rose 11 Second base was no place for Perez; in sixty games there, he had twenty-three errors, for an abysmal fielding average of .933. fielding percentage n. Baseball a measurement of the defensive performance of a fielder or team, being the number of put-outs and assists achieved divided by the total number of chances to achieve them, expressed as a figure rounded to the third decimal place. ΚΠ 1882 Daily Republican-Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 3 Sept. 6/3 Worcester made the best batting record, .266, and Cleveland the poorest, .177; while Cleveland obtained the best fielding percentage, .925, and Troy the poorest, .860. 1960 Baseball Digest Feb. 21/1 He does something for his team that can't be measured in terms of batting averages, runs batted in, fielding percentages or stolen base totals. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Feb. iv. 12/3 Errors (the number of times he fails) and fielding percentage (the rate at which he doesn't fail) often obscure the great glovemen who make dozens of plays that the mediocre don't have a chance to attempt. † fielding piece n. Obsolete = field piece n. at field n.¹ Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces falcon1496 falconet15.. field piece1544 fowler1548 fielding piece1565 falcon shot1598 field cannon1638 field gun1645 field culverin1659 galloper1746 Napoleon1862 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 403 Fyve scoir stanis of leid for bullettis to be maid to small feilding pecis. 1646 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 400 The Army followed up after the Fielding Pieces. fielding plane n. Scottish (now rare) a plane used to produce a lowered margin around a panel. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Fielding-plane, the plane used in fielding, i. e. in sinking the margin round a pannel. 1899 G. Williams in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1900) II. 350/1 [Perthshire] A joiner told me his fieldin'-plane cost him 16/6. 1997 J. Rees & M. Rees in J. M. Gaynor 18th-cent. Woodworking Tools (2002) 103 These are panel fielding planes that date from around 1720-1730.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fieldingn.² Brit. /ˈfiːldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfildɪŋ/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fielden n. Etymology: Probably an alteration of fielden n. by association with words in -ing suffix¹. Compare fielding n.¹ Chiefly English regional (East Anglian). Now rare. A level, open tract of land; spec. a flat, unwooded region of Norfolk and Suffolk. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country > type of fielding1609 bottom prairie1804 prairie bottom1805 prairillon1811 mulatto prairie1858 1609 R. Hakluyt tr. Virginia richly Valued xx. 81 This Countrie was..fat and plentifull of Maiz, and the most part of it was fielding: they gathered as much as sufficed to passe the winter. 1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre i. xii. cxxvi. 317 If your Cavalry are by some accident to fight onely against some certaine foote Troopes of the enemies you must make choise of plaine fieldings, as a place most advantagious for that purpose. 1667 N. Fairfax Let. 5 Dec. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1967) IV. 12 In ye fieldings by Bury & ye like grounds by ye sea side they doe all wth foot plows. 1735 J. Kirby Suffolk Traveller 110 At 9m. 4 ½ f. cross a Brook and pass over the Fieldings. 1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk I. 93 The Fielding part of Norfolk, though daily decreasing, is still very great. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 265 The north-west sandy districts or fieldings. 1894 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. II. 245 The Fielding comprises the stretches of level country that have given Suffolk a reputation for flatness. 1962 Econ. Hist. Rev. 15 242 The clear contrast between the sheep farming ‘Fielding’ and the corn-growing and dairying ‘Woodland’ belongs to the later centuries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fieldingadj. Brit. /ˈfiːldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfildɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: field v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < field v. + -ing suffix². Cricket and Baseball. Designating a team which is fielding (see field v. 2a); that is not batting. Also: designating a fielder. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [adjective] fielding1862 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [adjective] fielding1862 1862 Baily's Mag. Sept. 142 In the North's Innings the Surrey fielding was splendid, equal to anything ever done even by that famous fielding team. 1870 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) App. 693 American Base Ball... When three players have been put out, the fielding side takes the bat in the same way. 1913 Salt Lake Tribune 2 June 8/1 He is again demonstrating his value, not only as a fielding player, but also as a pitcher and a hitter. 1946 Times 27 May 2/6 The fielding side was handicapped by a wet ball. 2009 C. Gifford Baseball (2010) 6 The fielding team tries to get the offensive team's players out and to stop them from scoring runs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1526n.²1609adj.1862
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Compounds

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