单词 | balloon bracer |
释义 | > as lemmasballoon bracer balloon bracer n. [ < balloon n. + bracer n.2; compare French brassard brassard n. (1680 denoting a balloon bracer)] now historical the bracer of wood worn by a balloon player to protect the arm (cf. sense 1a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > other handball games > equipment fist-ball1585 balloon1598 balloon bracer1650 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 152 Lifting up his hand over his head with a Ballon brasser. 1947 K. Hare Gloucestershire xv. 196 There was ‘balloon’, a sort of mixed foot and handball... The game was played between rival teams... Hands were protected by guards called ‘balloon-brassers’. < as lemmas |
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