单词 | gambado |
释义 | gambadon.1 1. a. A lively or playful skipping, leaping, or dancing movement; a caper; a gambol. Cf. gambade n. 1a, gambol n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > a caper gambol1509 gamond?a1513 frisco?1520 frisk1525 friscal1570 caprettie?1578 career1587 stotc1590 lavoltaa1592 caper1592 gambado1618 prance1648 capriccio1665 gambade1803 caper-cut1875 1618 W. P. tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. IV. xii. 933 Which made an ancient father aptly compare man and woman to two earthen vessels, which Sathan causeth to meete together, in the tempests, leapings and gambadoes [Fr. gambades] of dancing. 1828 C. White Almack's Revisited I. 116 Nor longer to expose their stiff gambadoes in the evolutions of the dance. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxiii A fantastic imp..on whose brow is written ‘Analysis’..executes maniacal gambadoes on the quartern loaves..uttering yells about chalk, alum, and dead men's bones. 1881 Daily Tel. 27 Dec. Whose contortions and gambados during his struggles with his captors..are as comic as they are nimble and graceful. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 85 He worked up to such a pitch his gambadoes under the table that Murphy's memory began to vibrate. 1999 L. Epstein Ice Fire Water (2000) i. 32 Then, with a running start, I hopped, skipped, and executed a gambado onto the stage. b. An energetic or exaggerated leap or bound made by a horse; = gambade n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap gambolc1503 gambado1820 gambade1823 caper1856 tittup1868 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. v. 189 The discretion of the animal's pace would be no longer disturbed by the gambadoes of Sir Piercie and his prancing war-horse. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. vii. 106 Anthony..made his horse..back to the end of the lists in a series of graceful gambadas and caracols. 1901 M. Hewlett New Canterbury Tales 257 Percival was only just in time..by a gambado forced upon his horse to drown this deep saying deeper in sound. 2011 C. K. Carr India Black x. 199 There were no gambados or caprioles from these dobbins. 2. figurative. A sudden, surprising, or disorienting action; an unexpected manoeuvre. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > sudden or fantastic gambadoa1855 a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. xiii. 222 Sending him a challenge, or performing other gambadoes of the sort. 1865 Daily Tel. 7 Dec. 7/1 Before fighting a battle of this sort in a Scotch court, there are, of course, all kinds of preliminary judicial flourishes and gambadoes. 1891 R. L. Stevenson in Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Nov. 6/2 The correspondence was still passing when the president surprised Apia with a fresh gambado. 1905 Smart Set May 21/2 Nomé's mind was whirling with the effects of this gambado. 1990 ‘J. Gash’ Very Last Gambado (1991) xx.172 The truly last gambado—superbly original, something never been screened before. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gambadon.2 Now rare (chiefly historical). A gaiter, typically of leather, attached to a saddle to protect the rider's leg from the weather; (later also more generally) each of a pair of leather gaiters or leggings. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > legging and boot combined cockerc1390 gambado1625 gambages1663 stocking1676 trench boot1914 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of > gaiters or leggings gamash1596 gramash1681 spatterdash1687 overall1782 gambado1814 eucnemidal1839 antigropelos1848 trouser-stockings1883 1625 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 36 1 hackney Saddle with Gambathoes. 1653 T. Crosfield Diary 8 Nov. (1935) 102 (table) Gambadoes [£]0. 7[s]. 0[d]. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 205 Gambadoes, much worne in the West, whereby whilest one rides on horse-back, his leggs are in a Coach, clean and warme. 1732 J. Swift Let. to Brandreth 30 June in J. Barrett Ess. Earlier Life Swift (1808) 179 I make a shift to ride about ten miles a-day by virtue of certain implements called gambadoes, where my feet stand firm as on a floor. 1781 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 186 ‘Who made you those shoes? Mine are clumsy and thick as a pair of gambadoes.’ 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 112 His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes, fastened at the sides with rusty clasps. Thus accoutred, he stalked into the midst of the apartment. View more context for this quotation 1824 Ann. Reg. 1823 (Otridge ed.) iii. Patents 316*/2 Improvements in constructing gambadoes, or mud boots. 1865 C. R. Leslie & T. Taylor Sir Joshua Reynolds I. 3 So absent, that riding on horseback in a pair of gambados, he dropped one by the way without missing it. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Gambaders, a kind of leather shield or case for the legs of a horseman. They are attached to the stirrup-leathers..They were very common within the writer's recollection. 1908 Archæologia Cambrensis 8 46 By the description of a man who had seen it I believe it was no other than a gambado belonging to Mr. Woode. 1924 C. S. Lewis Diary 21–4 June (1991) 337 ‘These are fine boots,’ said Harwood picking up a pair of strange gambadoes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gambadov. intransitive. = gambol v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper leapc900 playOE floxec1200 startlec1300 trancec1374 prancec1380 tripc1386 scoupa1400 prankc1450 gambol1508 frisk?1520 jeta1529 pract1568 trounce1568 trip1578 capriole1580 lavolta1590 linch1593 curvet1595 flisk1595 firk1596 caper1598 jaunce1599 risec1599 cabre1600 jaunt1605 skit1611 to cut a caper or capersa1616 tripudiate1623 insult1652 to fike and flinga1689 scamper1691 dance1712 pranklea1717 cavort1794 jinket1823 gambado1827 caracol1861 1827 H. D. Beste in New Monthly Mag. 19 10 Seeing him gambadoing on the race-course, I turned my horse's head another way. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Mrs. Perkins's Ball 33 He sticks his thumbs into the armholes of his waistcoat, and advances, retreats, pirouettes and otherwise gambadoes. 1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley South Sea Bubbles viii. 228 There was my princess with five others..frisking and gambadoing in the most fearful manner. 1941 E. L. Wheaton Mr. George's Joint xxi. 240 Keeping well aloof of his wildly swinging feet, she gambadoed through his interpretation of the rhythm of the music. 1996 Dallas (Texas) Observer (Nexis) 1 Feb. Don't drop names as if you have a clue, and then proceed to gambado about dressed in your ignorance! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.11618n.21625v.1827 |
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