| 单词 | hipping stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmashipping stone hipping stone n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) a stepping stone. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > stepping-stone > row of hipping stone1580 causey1598 stupple1611 hippings1697 stepping1796 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 717 King Henrie was taken in Cletherwood, beside Bungerley Hyppingstons in Lancashire, by Thomas Talbot. 1673 Preston Court Leet Rec. (1905) 123 The Baliffes shall lay the hippin stones anew in Cocker Hole..before the first of January next. 1850 H. L. Lear Tales Kirkbeck 2nd Ser. 120 The beck where they usually crossed by the hipping-stones. 1881 J. H. Dixon Craven Dales 273 Some rude youths stationed on the hipping-stone bridge. 1907 H. Sutcliffe Toward Dawn xiv. 208 That old hill-proverb, ‘'Tis ill to stop half-way over the hipping-stones, if you've got to cross the stream.’ 2014 Lancs. Tel. (Nexis) 3 Feb. The Brungerley crossing once consisted of nothing more than ‘hipping’ stones set into the bed of the river. < as lemmas |
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