| 单词 | palm play |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspalm play palm play n. [after Middle French jeu de (la) paume (1355: see jeu de paume n.)] now historical a game resembling tennis, in which the ball is struck with the palm of the hand rather than with a racket. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > palm-play palmOE paume1467 palm playa1547 long tennis1653 palm-playing1870 jeu de paume1880 a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 25 The palme playe, where, dispoyled for the game, With dased eyes oft we..Haue mist the ball and got sight of our dame. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. 85 The game of hand-ball is called by the French, palm-play. 1893 Littell's Living Age 23 Sept. 751/1 The knights and ladies used to meet and watch the Palm Play in the court below. 1986 Montana Mag. Western Hist. Spring 64/1 In Italy, France, and Spain [they] played the fashionable game of ‘palm play’. < as lemmas |
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