单词 | manège |
释义 | manègen. 1. An enclosed space for the training of horses and the practice of horsemanship; a riding school. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > riding school riding house1631 manage1655 riding schoola1680 manège1705 school1705 managery1782 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 521 I saw here the largest Manege that I have met with any where else. 1756 H. Walpole Corr. Aug. (1973) XXXV. 271 The horseman Duke's manège is converted into a lofty stable. 1799 J. Adams (title) Analysis of Horsemanship, teaching the Whole Art of Riding in the Manege. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 40 It is..desirable that all Cavalry should be often exercised in Open Manege. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 41 The Troops when practicable, are to be drilled in like manner in the Open Manege. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark iii. 58 In summertime..the manège must be looked to against the hunting months. 1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 14 She..went to have riding lessons at a snobbish manège out in the country. 1990 Country Life 24 May 19 (advt.) Superb Stabling with 12 Loose Boxes. Manège, Barn and Useful Outbuildings. 2. a. The movements in which a horse is trained in a riding school; the art or practice of training and managing horses; horsemanship. Cf. dressage n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] manage1577 air1607 manège1768 action1805 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training managea1586 managery1685 school1705 schooling1753 manège1768 backing1783 lunging1833 horse-taming1836 dressage1912 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding equitation1562 horsemanship1566 cavalry1591 cavallerice1607 manège1814 school riding1859 equestrianism1872 equestrianizing1886 monkey drill1906 1768 S. Neville Diary 11 Feb. (1950) i. 30 After manege rode out into Hyde Park. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. ix. 237 Practised in the skilful evolutions of the Roman manege. 1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans I. 242 A knightly steed, well instructed in the manege. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. vii. 94 Already a good horseman, he was now initiated into the arts of the manege . View more context for this quotation 1856 tr. F. Baucher Method of Horsemanship ix. 203 New figures of the manège. 1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber iii. 33 I like riding, and the manège, and all that. 1986 Horse & Rider Sept. 29/1 It is important to take into account..the specialised manège work of the horse bred for High School. b. In extended uses. ΚΠ 1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan II. xxi. 493 Had his talents, even then, been subjected to the manège of a profession. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. iv. 214 In the cars' manège war-skill appears. 3. Ballet. An imaginary circle around the edge of the stage; a series of steps (frequently tours) executed around this circle, esp. by a male soloist. ΚΠ 1952 L. Kersley & J. Sinclair Dict. Ballet Terms Manège, en or Autour de la Salle, indicates that steps are performed by the dancer travelling in a circle round the stage. 1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet Manège.., an imaginary circle bounding the whole stage, so that tours en manège indicates that the dancer executes the turns while travelling right round the circumference of the stage. 1973 Times 12 Jan. 10/6 She has given up even attempting the fouettés in the ballroom scene; but if the manège she substituted was slightly tame, Nureyev made up by the electrifying speed of his pirouettes. 1990 L. Barber in Independent on Sunday 19 Aug. (Review Suppl.) 10/4 When I went to Vienna with the Kirov, I fall down in a big manège because the stage was so slippery, and then somehow from the floor continue my jump. 1993–4 Dance Internat. Winter 36/2 His last entrance and manege at Bianca's wedding was so electrifying that I wished we had seen more of his leaps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1705 |
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