单词 | kemping |
释义 | kempingn. The action of kemp v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > fighting in single combat or duel camping1481 combating1594 duello1598 duel1612 duelling1631 kemping1793 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > contest at reaping kemping1793 kemp1794 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 303 A boon of shearers..turned into large grey stones, on account of their kemping, i.e. striving. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xiii. 330 A soldier, my lord; and mony a sair day's kemping I've seen. 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 335/2 A desire frequently arises for striving, or what is..called Kemping..to finish the reaping of their ridges before those who had entered theirs prior to them. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Kempin, a contest between reapers in the harvest field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1793 |
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