单词 | hoyle |
释义 | † hoylen.1 Archery. Obsolete. A mark made use of by archers when shooting at rovers (see rover n.2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > archery target bercelc1440 butt1440 shell1497 rover1511 standing pricka1525 round1531 popinjay1548 prick-mark1553 Turk1569 twelve (also twenty-four) score prick1569 garden butt1572 parrot1578 clout1584 hoyle1614 shaw-fowl1621 prick wanda1650 goal1662 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III ii. lxiii. sig. F4v Gold sets vp markes, Hoyles, pricks for any Ayme. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvi. 122 [Robin Hood and his men] At long-buts, short, and Hoyles, each one could cleaue the pin. 1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 226 Hoyle. 1845 Anecd. Archery Glossary 388 Hoyle, a short moving mark. Derivatives hoyling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adjective] > types of target arrow hoyling1590 footed1844 1590 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 68 My vewe bowe wth the redd handle and all my hoyling arrowes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). Hoylen.2 according to Hoyle: according to the highest authority, in accordance with strict rules. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > in conformity with or according to [phrase] > according to rule > strictly according to Cocker1785 according to Hoyle1906 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million (1916) 14 The financial loss of a dollar sixty-five, all so far fulfilled according to Hoyle. 1945 A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player p. vii It has been the custom to call books of rules on card and board games ‘Hoyles’, so that ‘according to Hoyle’ has come to mean ‘according to accepted rules’. 1962 R. Barker Clue for Murder v. 38 This one [sc. murder]'s right out of the book—strictly according to Hoyle. 1965 J. M. Cain Magician's Wife (1966) xix. 147 I want our marriage to be strictly on the beam—the way it is in the books, absolutely according to Hoyle. 1971 Melody Maker 21 Aug. 34/7 If everything goes according to Hoyle, I'll go into semi-retirement there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11590n.21906 |
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