单词 | lambeg |
释义 | Lambegn. Used attributively of the large drums traditionally beaten in Lambeg on ceremonial occasions; also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > large drum dhol1891 Lambeg1932 parade drum1957 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Nov. 3/6 The booming ‘lam~legs’ [sic], huge goatskin drums which are an important part of this kind of celebration. 1938 R. Hayward In Praise of Ulster 24 Nothing in the world is quite like a Lambeg Band... The combination is usually composed of four or six gigantic drums. 1949 H. Shearman Ulster xxxiii. 299 Not far from Lisburn, on the Belfast side, is Lambeg, a place traditionally famous for drums, for it used to be a great centre for..the drumming parties which used to be so characteristic of the Orange organization. The largest type of Orange drum used to be referred to as a Lambeg drum, and when one beat a tattoo on it one was said to beat Lambeg. 1966 S. Heaney in Listener 29 Sept. 475/3 Orange drums, Tyrone 1966. The lambeg balloons at his belly, weighs Him back on his haunches. 1970 Guardian 8 Aug. 1/5 The Lambeg drums, the noisiest and most fervent symbol of Protestant supremacy in Northern Ireland, will not be beaten in Londonderry next Wednesday. Derivatives ˈLambegger n. one who beats such a drum. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > percussion player > [noun] > drummer > of specific types of drum taburnistera1340 tabor1362 tabreta1377 tympanister1382 nakerera1400 taborerc1400 taborner14.. kettledrum1542 tympanist1611 kettledrummer1683 tom-tommer1871 trap-drummer1903 Lambegger1938 timpanist1939 pan-man1959 tamboo-bambooist1959 steel drummer1960 1938 R. Hayward In Praise of Ulster 23 Of all the bands the Lambeggers alone are of the real vintage. 1952 D. O'D. Hanna Face of Ulster x. 112 Slowly and inexorably the drumming parties creep past, for the Lambeggars do not march. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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