| 单词 | long bowling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong bowling long bowling n. now historical and rare = long bowl n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] kaylesc1325 skaylesa1566 ninepins1580 pin1580 skittles1634 kittle-pins1649 skayle-pins1656 nine pegs1675 four corners1730 Dutch pins1801 Dutch rubbers1801 long bowling1801 ten-pins1807 squails1847 ten-pin bowling1934 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. vii. 201 Long-bowling..was performed in a narrow enclosure,..and at the further end was placed a square frame with nine small pins upon it; at these pins the players bowled in succession. 1850 Morning Chron. 16 Jan. 5/2 Long-bowling, the excellence of which consists in the smallest number of stone-throws to a mile. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 180/1 After the suppression of alleys ‘Long bowling’, or ‘Dutch rubbers’ was practised for a short time. 1898 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 18 Nov. (Suppl.) 3/4 Some of the forms of sport that find a home in the north are..long bowling, cycling, football, cricket, golf, etc. 1998 N. Tranter Sport, Econ. & Soc. in Brit. 1750–1914 ii. 6 Knurr and spell, potshare, or long bowling, quoiting and wrestling were among many other working-class sports which either grew in appeal or, at worst, survived..throughout the first half of the nineteenth century. < as lemmas |
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