| 单词 | pair of butts |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspair of butts 4. The distance between the butts at the two ends of an archery range, esp. used as a measure. Chiefly in pair of butts in same sense. Cf. butt-length n., butt's length n. Now historical and rare.The distance has been estimated at about 120 yards (see James Fergusson ‘A Pair of Butts’ in Sc. Hist. Rev. 34 (1955) pp. 19–25). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance wurpc950 stepc1000 footc1300 furlong wayc1384 stone-casta1387 straw brede14.. tinec1420 weec1420 field-breadth1535 field-broad1535 pair of butts1545 straw-breadth1577 stone's throw1581 way-bit?1589 space1609 piece1612 littlea1616 spirt1670 a spit and a stride1676 hair's breadth1706 rope's length1777 biscuit throw1796 a whoop and a holler1815 biscuit toss1836 biscuit cast1843 stone-shot1847 pieceway1886 stone-put1896 pitch-and-putt1925 pieceways1932 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > distance to target > measure of distance butt1545 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 15v At a short but..ye Pecock fether doth seldome kepe vp ye shaft. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.vv Thy brayne lacketh strength: To beare a pynte of wyne, a payre of buttes length. 1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 38 To quhome or thai approcheit be the space of ane pair of buttis, the said Andro with his complices..maid schot. 1628 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 39 They..pursued..the said James..be the space of tua buttis and mair. 1683 in New Jersey Arch. (1880) I. 431 Be sure that..no Street be laid close to the back of another without an Intervale of at least a pair of Butts. 1696 Let. in J. Aubrey Misc. (1721) 209 E're we were two pair of Butts past the House. 1724 in W. Macfarlane et al. Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1906) I. 8 The church stands a pair of butts from..the toun of Inverurie. 1843 J. Nicholson Hist. & Tradit. Tales 21 The sheep-house, which is three or four pair of butts distant. 1955 Sc. Hist. Rev. 34 24 It is quite possible that the statutory pair of butts, though intended to be ‘precise’, was not always so. < as lemmas |
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