pitch battlen.

Brit.

/pɪtʃ ˈbatl/, U.S.

/pɪtʃ ˈbæd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², pitch n.², battle n.

Etymology: < either pitch v.² or pitch n.² + battle n., either after to pitch a battle at pitch v.² 18a or as alteration or variant of pitched battle at pitched adj.² 2. Compare earlier pitch-field n.

A military encounter fought at a predetermined time and place (as opposed to a skirmish or casual encounter); a pitched battle. Frequently figurative.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > pitched battle

pitched battle?1530

main battle1569

just battle1578

field fight1598

pitch-field1613

pitch battle1673

ranged battle1680

stricken field (rarely battle)1820

1673 Mem. Madam Charlton 4 She..had an irreconcilable Aversion to all kind of Laborious drudgery, and many a pitch Battel there happened between her mother and she on that occasion.

1703 tr. Plutarch Lives V. 476 He defeated Tisaphernes in a pitch Battle, and forc'd many Cities to revolt.

1792 J. Gutch tr. A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. I. 520 At length a day being appointed for a pitch battle in the field near Oxford..and both parties ready to fight, Thomas of Wodestock, Duke of Glocester, did interpose himself and by his persuasions kept them from killing each other.

1797 Sporting Mag. 9 313 Broughton having fought sixteen pitch battles, fifteen of which he won.

1854 Harper's Mag. Dec. 48/1 A pitch battle of some moments ensued, when, to my surprise, the alligator suddenly quit his hold and seemed satisfied to make off with a whole hide.

1867 Sci. Amer. 9 Mar. 151/2 The tall pines around the fort..seemed lashing themselves into fury. The wagons in front of the stable were engaged in a pitch battle.

1900 R. H. Davis Let. 18 Feb. in C. B. Davis Adventures & Lett. R. H. Davis (1917) xii. 265 I forced a pitch battle with a woman who was rude to her when we visited the hospital.

1987 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 19 79 The opposition of groups at the highest level of the system..is played out in pitch-battles wherein adult males are often killed and women and cattle captured.

2004 People (Ulster ed.) (Nexis) 25 July 20 Riot cops were hurt during a pitch battle involving around 40 GAA fans at a bar near a quiet Co. Derry village.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitch battle
释义	pitch battlen. Brit. /pɪtʃ ˈbatl/, U.S. /pɪtʃ ˈbæd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pitch v.², pitch n.², battle n. Etymology: < either pitch v.² or pitch n.² + battle n., either after to pitch a battle at pitch v.² 18a or as alteration or variant of pitched battle at pitched adj.² 2. Compare earlier pitch-field n. A military encounter fought at a predetermined time and place (as opposed to a skirmish or casual encounter); a pitched battle. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > pitched battle pitched battle?1530 main battle1569 just battle1578 field fight1598 pitch-field1613 pitch battle1673 ranged battle1680 stricken field (rarely battle)1820 1673 Mem. Madam Charlton 4 She..had an irreconcilable Aversion to all kind of Laborious drudgery, and many a pitch Battel there happened between her mother and she on that occasion. 1703 tr. Plutarch Lives V. 476 He defeated Tisaphernes in a pitch Battle, and forc'd many Cities to revolt. 1792 J. Gutch tr. A. Wood Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxf. I. 520 At length a day being appointed for a pitch battle in the field near Oxford..and both parties ready to fight, Thomas of Wodestock, Duke of Glocester, did interpose himself and by his persuasions kept them from killing each other. 1797 Sporting Mag. 9 313 Broughton having fought sixteen pitch battles, fifteen of which he won. 1854 Harper's Mag. Dec. 48/1 A pitch battle of some moments ensued, when, to my surprise, the alligator suddenly quit his hold and seemed satisfied to make off with a whole hide. 1867 Sci. Amer. 9 Mar. 151/2 The tall pines around the fort..seemed lashing themselves into fury. The wagons in front of the stable were engaged in a pitch battle. 1900 R. H. Davis Let. 18 Feb. in C. B. Davis Adventures & Lett. R. H. Davis (1917) xii. 265 I forced a pitch battle with a woman who was rude to her when we visited the hospital. 1987 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 19 79 The opposition of groups at the highest level of the system..is played out in pitch-battles wherein adult males are often killed and women and cattle captured. 2004 People (Ulster ed.) (Nexis) 25 July 20 Riot cops were hurt during a pitch battle involving around 40 GAA fans at a bar near a quiet Co. Derry village. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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