单词 | jukskei |
释义 | jukskein. South African. 1. A yoke-skey. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > part of yoke boweOE oxbowa1325 yoke-band1585 yoke thong1585 beele1616 headpiece1763 yoke-skey1817 jukskei1822 yoke strap1833 yoke tree1844 skey1850 bow-pin1856 bow-key1859 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. viii. 151 The yokes are straight, and pierced with two pair of mortices to receive the jukschei which fits in loosely, and answer to what in English husbandry are called the bows. 1871 W. B. Lord & T. Baines Shifts Camp Life ix. 452 Near each end are two mortices..through which to pass the ‘jeuk skeis’, or yoke keys, which keep it in place on the neck of the ox. 1971 Evening Post (Port Elizabeth) 27 Feb. (Mag. section) 2 A stinkwood yoke, with ‘jukskeis’, serves as a hatstand. 2. A quoits-like game; the bottle-shaped ‘quoit’ used in this game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] penny-prick1421 penny-stone?c1475 loggat1541 ringing the bull1815 bull1863 ring toss1870 ringoal1887 rings1906 jukskei1942 cornhole game2002 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] > object thrown penny-stone?c1475 loggat1773 loggerhead1871 rope quoit1876 jukskei1942 1934 C. P. Swart Africanderisms (M.A. thesis, Univ. of S. Afr.) Jukskeigooi, a game, very similar to quoits, played by the Boers, a skey being used instead of the customary circular ring.] 1942 Cape Times 10 Nov. 4/2 Saturday's Jukskei results were as expected. 1947 Cape Times 21 Apr. 7 The jukskeis were brought..by Mr. Tom Naude. 1950 S. de Wet Hour of Breath ix. 69 In the late afternoon we used to play Jukskei on the river bank below our houses. 1956 Cape Times 26 Jan. 1/1 A few minutes after throwing about six practice jukskeie at the Newlands circus grounds..Mr. P. A. Meiring..dropped dead. 1971 Progress (Cape Town) May 2/4 No one has challenged us at jukskei. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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