单词 | barring-out |
释义 | > as lemmasbarring-out d. barring-out: a mode of schoolboy rebellion, when they shut the schoolroom or house against the master, and refuse to admit him until their demands are conceded. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > mutiny > [noun] > by schoolboys barring-out1729 1729 J. Swift Jrnl. Dublin Lady 5 Not Schooll-boys at a Barring out Rais'd ever such incessant shout. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Concl. 174 Revolts, republics, revolutions, all No graver than a schoolboys' barring-out. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 188 Another barring-out in the high School of Edinburgh, ended more tragically. < as lemmas |
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