| 单词 | at quarterstaff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat quarterstaff 2. Fighting or exercise with a quarterstaff or quarterstaffs. Frequently in at quarterstaff. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] waster1519 wastership1575 single billeta1625 cudgels1630 quarterstaff1631 cudgel-playa1635 back-sword1699 cudgel-playing1717 hurlbatting1744 single-stick1771 short-staff1775 cudgelling1787 stick fighting1845 stick play1849 back-swording1857 kendo1921 1631 J. Taylor Complaint of Christmas 6 The Priest hath more postures than six Fencers, as if he were at quarter-staffe with his Breaden god. 1661 Thracian Wonder iv. i Ile have a bout with him at Quarter-staff. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 191 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. In vertue of which thwacking expressions he has fancied himself able to play at Scholastick or Philosophick Quarter-Staff. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit ii. 7 He had acquir'd immense Riches, which he used to squander away at Back-Sword, Quarter-Staff, and Cudgell-Play. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iv. i If you wanted a bout at boxing, quarter staff, or short~staff. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xi. 229 This was not a state of mind favourable to the noble game of quarter-staff. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 252 He..wrestled, played at quarterstaff, and won footraces. 1966 Times 12 Feb. 7/2 Two young men executed a mime of quarterstaff that once ushered in carnival and frequently injured the principals. 1990 Fighting Arts Internat. No. 66. 14/2 Some ancient fighting arts—such as English Quarterstaff—died out. < as lemmas |
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