单词 | battle of spurs |
释义 | > as lemmasbattle (also day or †journey) of (the) spurs f. battle (also day or †journey) of (the) spurs: (see quots. 1831, 1837). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > specific battle battle (also day or journey) of (the) spurs1548 Black Saturday1576 (a) (b)1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 113/1 The Flemyngs, in 1302,..encountered a French army near to Courtray, and found on the field, after the battle, about 4000 gilt spurs, which caused it to be called the battle of spurs.1842 H. W. Longfellow Belfry of Bruges xv I beheld the Flemish Weavers..Marching homeward from the bloody battle of the Spurs of Gold. 1879 [see sense 1c]. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxiijv The Frenchemen call this battaille the iourney of Spurres by cause thei ranne away so faste on horsbacke. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. iii. 8 It was called the battell of Spurres, for that they used more their spurres in running away, then their Launces in fighting. 1831 J. Mackintosh Hist. Eng. II. iv. 118 [Hen. VIII] defeated the French army in an engagement [near Guinegate] on the 4th of August, 1513, afterwards called the Battle of the Spurs. < as lemmas |
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