half-courtn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈkɔːt/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈkɔrt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., court n.¹

Etymology: < half adj. + court n.¹

Sport.

A. n.

Either half of a court used for a ball game, divided either lengthways (esp. in racket sports) or across the centre line. Also (esp. in basketball): the centre line or central area of such a court.

ΘΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > rackets > [noun] > court > part of

cut-line1883

short-line1898

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > court > parts of

baseline1875

centreline1882

runback1891

alley1904

cover1907

no man's land1931

tramline1937

ad court1946

1775 J. Beaufort Hoyle's Games Improved 207 Half-court, that is being obliged or confined to play into the adversary's half-court; at times it is played strait-ways, and at other times across; both which are great advantages given to him so confined, but the strait half-court is the greatest.

1875 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 139 The giver of odds may elect into which half court he will play. He will lose the stroke if he play the ball so that it fail to drop into that half court.

1877 Field 12 May 571/3 At lawn tennis I would rather give half thirty and a bisque than half the court, because there are no walls, and consequently every ball..has to be returned directly into the half-court.

1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 462/2 The half court nearest the dedans is called the ‘service side’.

1939 Jrnl. Health & Physical Educ. 10 108 The game is started with the usual throw-in to a forward, who stands in the center circle of her half-court.

2020 Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Oct. He could have launched from half-court and it might have found the bottom of the net.

B. adj. (in attributive use).

Designating a line dividing a court used for a ball game into two halves, either lengthways (esp. in racket sports) or across the court (cf. centreline n. 1b(b)). Also: (Tennis) designating a shot played towards the centre of the half-court opposite the player; (Basketball) designating a game in which play is restricted to one half of the court, or in which both teams defend and attack a single basket.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 182/2 A space bounded by the net, the side line, the half-court line, and the service line.

1939 Jrnl. Health & Physical Educ. 10 108 (heading) Half-court basketball for girls.

1961 Times 13 Jan. 16/3 Half-court drive down the wall.

1970 P. Axthelm City Game iii. 23 We just nailed a hoop on a wooden light pole in the street. We'd scramble around underneath it in half-court games.

1994 Vibe Nov. 106/1 Here's Marbury's latest move: dribble up to the half-court line, then leap into the air and launch a seemingly impossible jumper.

2010 M. Coulson Teaching Exercise to Children iii. 61 Practising a variety of drop-shots from a half-court return in tennis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

half-court n. Tennis and Rackets half the court divided by a line (the half-court line) parallel with the side lines.

ΚΠ

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 182/2 A space bounded by the net, the side line, the half-court line, and the service line.

1895 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 62 The half-court-line dividing the space on each side of the net into two equal parts, called the right and left courts.

1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 462/2 The half court nearest the dedans is called the ‘service side’.

1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 462/2 The half-court line..dividing the court lengthways into practically two equal parts.

1961 Times 13 Jan. 16/3 Half-court drive down the wall.

单词	half-court
释义	half-courtn.adj. Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈkɔːt/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈkɔrt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., court n.¹ Etymology: < half adj. + court n.¹ Sport. A. n. Either half of a court used for a ball game, divided either lengthways (esp. in racket sports) or across the centre line. Also (esp. in basketball): the centre line or central area of such a court. ΘΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > rackets > [noun] > court > part of cut-line1883 short-line1898 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > court > parts of baseline1875 centreline1882 runback1891 alley1904 cover1907 no man's land1931 tramline1937 ad court1946 1775 J. Beaufort Hoyle's Games Improved 207 Half-court, that is being obliged or confined to play into the adversary's half-court; at times it is played strait-ways, and at other times across; both which are great advantages given to him so confined, but the strait half-court is the greatest. 1875 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 139 The giver of odds may elect into which half court he will play. He will lose the stroke if he play the ball so that it fail to drop into that half court. 1877 Field 12 May 571/3 At lawn tennis I would rather give half thirty and a bisque than half the court, because there are no walls, and consequently every ball..has to be returned directly into the half-court. 1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 462/2 The half court nearest the dedans is called the ‘service side’. 1939 Jrnl. Health & Physical Educ. 10 108 The game is started with the usual throw-in to a forward, who stands in the center circle of her half-court. 2020 Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Oct. He could have launched from half-court and it might have found the bottom of the net. B. adj. (in attributive use). Designating a line dividing a court used for a ball game into two halves, either lengthways (esp. in racket sports) or across the court (cf. centreline n. 1b(b)). Also: (Tennis) designating a shot played towards the centre of the half-court opposite the player; (Basketball) designating a game in which play is restricted to one half of the court, or in which both teams defend and attack a single basket. Π 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 182/2 A space bounded by the net, the side line, the half-court line, and the service line. 1939 Jrnl. Health & Physical Educ. 10 108 (heading) Half-court basketball for girls. 1961 Times 13 Jan. 16/3 Half-court drive down the wall. 1970 P. Axthelm City Game iii. 23 We just nailed a hoop on a wooden light pole in the street. We'd scramble around underneath it in half-court games. 1994 Vibe Nov. 106/1 Here's Marbury's latest move: dribble up to the half-court line, then leap into the air and launch a seemingly impossible jumper. 2010 M. Coulson Teaching Exercise to Children iii. 61 Practising a variety of drop-shots from a half-court return in tennis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmas half-court half-court n. Tennis and Rackets half the court divided by a line (the half-court line) parallel with the side lines. ΚΠ 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 182/2 A space bounded by the net, the side line, the half-court line, and the service line. 1895 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 62 The half-court-line dividing the space on each side of the net into two equal parts, called the right and left courts. 1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 462/2 The half court nearest the dedans is called the ‘service side’. 1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 462/2 The half-court line..dividing the court lengthways into practically two equal parts. 1961 Times 13 Jan. 16/3 Half-court drive down the wall. extracted from half-comb. form < n.adj.1775 as lemmas
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