单词 | giant stride |
释义 | > as lemmasgiant stride giant stride n. (also giant's stride) a gymnastic apparatus, consisting of an upright pole with a revolving head, to which ropes are attached, by holding which, one is able to take gigantic strides round the pole; (cf. quot. 1862 at sense B. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment plummet?1537 springboard?1780 horse1785 trampoline1798 club1815 gallows1817 Indian club1825 rope1825 horizontal bar1827 trapeze1830 vaulting bar1839 parallel bars1850 wooden horse1854 trapezium1856 giant stride1863 ring1869 vaulting horse1875 mast1880 fly-pole1884 pommel1887 Roman ring1894 mat1903 wall bar1903 pommel horse1908 buck1932 pommel vault1932 landing mat1941 rebounder1980 1863 Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 11 May in Dearest Mama (1968) 210 Having a swing, a see-saw and a giant stride put up for little and big children. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 1/2 Give them a giant's stride, give them a climbing or leaping pole, and see what a change you will bring into their life. 1906 M. H. Baillie-Scott Houses & Gardens 121 The woodwork of the swing and giant's stride is painted in gay colours. 1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 29 A giant-stride is a column of wood from a revolving horizontal wheel at the top of which depend about a dozen ropes with small wooden bars at the end of them. < as lemmas |
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