polon.1
/ˈpəʊləʊ/, U.S. /ˈpoʊloʊ/ A style of song in flamenco music; the dance performed to a song in this style.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Spanish dance or dancing > [noun] > specific dances
canary1592
zambra1672
seguidilla1763
bolero1787
folia1790
malagueña1810
guaracha1828
polo?1830
cachucha1841
romalis1841
ole1845
zapateado1845
jota1846
rondeña1853
jaleo1865
flamenco1896
tango1896
bulerias1918
paso doble1919
farruca1931
seguiriyas1967
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Spanish
saltarello1724
seguidilla1763
romalis1841
jota1846
paso doble1919
polo1926
?1830 G. L. Hodges Coll. Peninsular Melodies Pref. p. i Each Spanish Province possesses its particular music; in Andalusia, it is called Polo; in Biscay, Zorcico, [etc.].
1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 9/2 Polo, a Spanish dance accompanied by singing, which took its origin in Andalusia.
1926 D. C. Parker Georges Bizet iv. 233 Gaudier..asserts that Bizet has..made use of a polo, sung by a serenading student.
1967 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing (ed. 2) vi. 81 The Polo dates back to the ancient and unaccompanied Andalucian songs.
1988 P. Manuel Pop. Musics Non-Western World ii. 36 The roots of trova and canción lie in the nineteenth century, their primary models being Spanish canciones (boleros, tiranas, and polos), [etc.].
2001 New Grove Dict. Music (Online ed.) at Flamenco The caña, fandango, polo, soleá and toná constitute the most basic songs in the flamenco hierarchy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
polon.2
/ˈpəʊləʊ/, U.S. /ˈpoʊloʊ/ 1. A team game resembling hockey, played on horseback with long-handled mallets and a wooden or plastic ball.The game was developed in Persia (although probably first played in China) and is described in the Shāhnāma of the Persian poet Firdawsi in c1010. It survived in the mountainous regions of the Indus valley and in Manipur, and was popularized in the English speaking world in the mid to late 19th cent. after British Army officers began to hold organized matches in the 1850s. It was first played in England in 1871.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun]
mall1662
pall-mall1677
polo1872
1842 G. T. Vigne Trav. Kashmir II. 289 At Shighur I first saw the game of the Chaughán... It is in fact hockey on horseback... The ball, which is larger than a cricket ball, is only a globe made of a knot of willow wood, and is called in Tibeti Pulu.]
1872 Daily News 20 July 3/2 The ball of contention once cast into the open field, Polo was entered upon in real earnest.
1875 R. Browning Inn Album i. 22 Polo, Tent-pegging, Hurlingham, the Rink—I leave all these delights.
1886 Athenæum 18 Sept. 367/3 The first historical event recorded in this volume is the death at polo of the Sultan Aikbar.
1900 Springfield Daily Republican 4 Dec. 3/1 Both teams warmed up slowly and played open polo.
1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 306 The introduction of polo to England was pure happen-chance.
1992 New Republic 27 July 54/3 He played polo by day, threw Gatsbyan parties by night.
2. Any of various team games resembling or derived from the horseback game.bicycle-, rink, roller, water-polo, etc.: see the first element.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > roller-skating > [noun] > games or competitions
polo1883
roller polo1883
rink polo1885
roller hockey1902
roller derby1922
1883 Boston Daily Globe 18 Nov. 6/2 (heading) The Winslow Rules Governing Polo on Skates.
1885 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. 29 Oct. 3/3 The game of polo at the Skating Academy last evening..was an active game.
1986 P. L. Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) iii. 78 Have you ever played bike-polo?
2000 Canoeist Apr. 27/1 We came second in the southwest canoe polo finals.
3.
a. A polo hat. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > round
mushroom1843
polo1905
pudding basin1909
1905 Daily Chron. 30 Jan. 8/1 The small round hat that the French milliners call the ‘polo’ and we in this country term the pork-pie.
b. A polo neck sweater or shirt; (also) a polo shirt.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other > article of
surplice1382
cento1610
fit1831
Tom and Jerry1832
breaster1841
princess cut1877
frump1886
trail1896
turn-down1896
peekaboo1908
see-through1937
zip-up1942
smart casual1943
classic1948
hipster1948
A-line1955
polo1967
tube1975
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > collar > types of
chevesailec1400
roll collar1832
coat-collar1833
bertha1842
step-roll1881
open-neck1894
step-collar1895
button-down1897
turtle-neck1897
Shakespeare collar1907
polo collar1909
shawl collar1913
polo neck1924
mandarin collar1952
petal collar1957
polo1967
1967 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 45 The neck..high everywhere—emphasized by polos, wrapped, petal or stand-up collars.
1975 Country Life 29 May 1424/1 For summer, we are now diving into silky polos.
1989 Grattan Direct Catal. Spring–Summer 508/1 To find a polo with the right kind of looks and quality at a reasonable price took some time.
2001 Elle Sept. 262/1 Frayed miniskirts and oversize men's coats with polos and V-neck sweaters underneath.
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C1.
a. General attributive and objective.† polo-hitter n. Obsolete
polo ball n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > equipment
pall-mall1605
pall-mall beetle1644
mall1662
polo stick1873
polo ball1886
mallet1897
1886 R. Kipling Mahommed Din in Civil & Mil. Gaz. 8 Sept. 3/4 What use was a polo-ball to a Khitmutgar?
1991 J. Cooper Polo (BNC) 199 Perdita was as white as a new polo ball.
polo boot n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > worn by specific people
polo boot1894
Prince Albert1945
jump boot1948
1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 154 Hunting top-boots & butcher boots. Polo boots.
1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 221/3 Polo boots..are virtually de rigueur on the polo field.
polo club n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > club
polo club1873
1873 Times 30 May 12/2 (heading) The polo club.
1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 468/1 The first polo club in London was at Lillie Bridge.
1993 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 162/3 They want me to be chucked into vats of color at the polo club by these crazed army types.
polo ground n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > ground
polo ground1874
1874 Times 8 June 12/5 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales opened the new polo ground.
1971 Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 18 Apr. 19/3 A vaguely green building on the other side of the polo-ground.
1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vi. 153 A lot more chukkas to be played at the Khur Maksar polo ground.
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1897 Outing 30 479/2 The long coat and linen dusters which every polo-hitter affects.
polo mallet n.
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1882 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 474/2 The polo mallet is the worthiest implement of husbandry in the world.
1923 E. A. Powell By Camel & Car to Peacock Throne vi. 172 Polo-ponies ridden by Indian syces with bundles of polo-mallets under their arms.
2003 Radio Times 7 June (Midlands ed.) 67/1 It..doubtless sends any woman suffering from PMT searching for a polo mallet with which to smash up her television.
polo match n.
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1872 Times 20 July 8/2 Yesterday afternoon an exciting Polo match was played on Woolwich Common.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. v. [Lotus Eaters] 71 That haughty creature at the polo match.
2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Feb. 29 Sandhurst's annual fund-raising polo match.
polo player n.
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1874 Times 3 Nov. 8/5 The football and polo players are busily engaged on Moore-park.
1903 Lady A. Blunt Jrnl. 22 June (1986) 294 He himself did not know much [about horses] (though I believe a polo player).
1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 50/3 He would rather have a poet for a son than a third-rate polo player.
polo-playing n. and adj.
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1876 Times 24 Jan. 9/6 The Prince..attended a large meeting of soldiers; games and sports, tent-pegging, feats of arms, riding and polo playing.
1928 J. Buchan Runagates Club vi. 169 He had the air of a polo-playing cavalry subaltern.
1995 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 27/6 Stanislas, the polo playing, anglophiliac former boss of Merrill Lynch Europe.
polo pony n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in polo
polo pony1872
1872 Times 24 July 2/5 Warranted sound, Would make a good Polo pony. The property of an officer.
1979 Country Life 22 Nov. 1961/1 A retired Appaloosa polo pony.
2002 Dartmoor Visitor Summer 15/2 In the 1930s the Dartmoor pony was crossed with the Arab to produce a polo pony.
polo stick n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > equipment
pall-mall1605
pall-mall beetle1644
mall1662
polo stick1873
polo ball1886
mallet1897
1873 Times 21 Nov. 12/3 Polo sticks are polo sticks all the world over.
1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 272 The native officers held bundles of polo-sticks, long cane-handled mallets.
1991 J. Cooper Polo (BNC) 208 A large rough hand with callouses beneath the base of each long finger from endlessly holding a polo stick.
b. attributive (and in parasynthetic compound) with sense ‘that has a polo neck’.
polo jumper n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey > types of > other
pointelle1892
turtle-neck1897
slip-over1919
polo jersey1925
polo jumper1925
polo sweater1925
Sloppy Joe1942
polo neck1959
thick-knit1961
sweater-shirt1964
skinny-rib1965
skivvy1967
mock1989
1925 Times 8 Apr. 17/5 Polo jumpers are also varied in this way, for as the weather gets warmer closed necks will be uncomfortable.
1937 A. Christie Death on Nile vi. 77 He was wearing..a high-necked polo jumper.
1980 G. Lord Fortress i. 14 She pulled on her polo jumper and slacks.
polo sweater n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey > types of > other
pointelle1892
turtle-neck1897
slip-over1919
polo jersey1925
polo jumper1925
polo sweater1925
Sloppy Joe1942
polo neck1959
thick-knit1961
sweater-shirt1964
skinny-rib1965
skivvy1967
mock1989
1925 Times 20 July 15/7 (advt.) Polo sweater to match in light wool 29/6, in wool/rayon mixture 42/-.
1963 Honey Oct. 55/2 The Beats wear..polo-sweaters and Chelsea boots.
1988 K. Amis Difficulties with Girls xiii. 198 He was wearing a bright green polo sweater.
polo-sweatered adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a jumper or jersey
jerseyed1869
sweatered1901
pullovered1926
polo-sweatered1950
1950 A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 136 The polo-sweatered organist.
2002 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 21 Nov. 30 Christopher Keeney's world-weary, sliced up, polo-sweatered male (the finest piece in the exhibition).
C2.
polo cloth n. a soft, loosely woven cloth of camel hair and wool, used principally for making coats.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from hair > [noun] > from camel's hair
camelinec1400
polo cloth1877
camel's hair1964
1877 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 26 Jan. (advt.) We offer for the next 10 days only our 40c. Ex. Heavy Polo cloth, for 25c. per yard.
1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Jan. 7/6 (advt.) Plush and Polo Cloth Hats for Boys. Smart little shapes in black plush and light lovat polo cloth.
1971 Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) Herald 24 Apr. 7/2 (advt.) Made from all-wool polo cloth.., with slash pockets and rich satin lining.
polo coat n. a type of camel-hair coat, originally worn at sporting events such as polo matches.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > made of specific material
skin coat1533
buff1598
buff coat1633
hair-camlet1676
duffel1852
Guernsey coat1859
rabbit1877
polo coat1880
lammy coat1916
sheepskin1917
teddy bear1925
ranch mink1934
Persian1957
Persian lamb1959
leathers1962
leopard1973
Afghan1974
sable1975
squirrel1978
1880 Harper's Weekly 19 June 394/3 I watched her..carefully putting my handkerchief in her polocoat, or whatever you call it, pocket.
1910 Dry Goods Reporter 22 Oct. 21 (advt.) The polo coat, 55 inches long, made in a complete line of mixtures..as well as the regular polo cloth.
1991 Fantasy Spring 7/1 I went out to the pantry and took my polo coat off the hook.
polo collar n. (a) a kind of stiff, upright shirt collar; (b) = polo neck n. 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > collar > types of
chevesailec1400
roll collar1832
coat-collar1833
bertha1842
step-roll1881
open-neck1894
step-collar1895
button-down1897
turtle-neck1897
Shakespeare collar1907
polo collar1909
shawl collar1913
polo neck1924
mandarin collar1952
petal collar1957
polo1967
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > collar > types of > other
rabat1578
falling band1581
rebato1589
fall1598
piccadill1607
golilla1673
collarettea1685
banda1700
turn-over1716
Vandyke1755
falling-down collar1758
falling collar1770
fall-down?1796
yoke collar1817
rabatine1821
dicky1830
dog collar1852
Piccadilly collar1853
all-rounder1854
all round1855
turnover collara1861
Quaker collar1869
Eton collar1875
Toby collar1885
Eton1887
sailor collar1895
roll-neck1898
Shakespeare collar1907
polo collar1909
white-collar1910
tab collar1928
Peter Pan collar1948
tie-neck1968
1909 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 23 Mar. 4/2 There is a black velvet standing polo collar.
1912 Times 22 July 11/7 (advt.) Fastens up to throat with large polo collar to roll up or down.
1937 A. Thirkell Summer Half ix. 253 They take off their detachable polo collars and look just like us, only nastier.
1998 G. O'Hara Callan Dict. Fashion & Fashion Designers 189/2 Polo collar,..a soft, high, circular collar that turns down around the neck.
polo-collared adj. (of a garment) that has a polo neck.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > neckline
decolouredc1430
high1590
low-cuta1600
low1818
low-necked1830
low-neck1858
décolleté1884
semi-high1905
boat-shaped1921
turtle-necked1931
crew neck1940
polo-collared1946
polo-necked1948
plunge-line1949
plunge-necked1949
crew-necked1950
plunge neck1951
scoop-necked1955
bateau-necked1959
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > collar > types of
roll-collared1839
roll collar1841
roll-neck1897
rolled-neck1911
roll-necked1922
polo neck1930
polo-collared1946
tie-necked1973
shawl-collared1974
1946 C. Beaton Diary Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xvi. 181 The sitter arrived wearing a biscuit-coloured suit and polo-collared sweater.
1999 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 205 There are some terrific short-sleeved shirts in cool cotton, polo-collared shirts and utilitarian white jackets.
polo hat n. a type of small round hat popular in the late 19th cent.
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1881 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 30 May 3/2 Small boys wear the Polo hat, and there has lately appeared for them a turban like cap with a round crown, termed the ‘Infantry’.
1905 Daily Chron. 30 Jan. 8/4 (advt.) A three-quarters redingote..and the revived polo hat.
2004 Express (Nexis) 22 Jan. 35 Safety in the Fifties was eye-wateringly lax. Protection in 180mph cars consisted of a polo hat made of glue and canvas and crossed fingers.
polo jersey n. (a) = polo shirt n. (a); (b) a sweater with a polo neck.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jumper or jersey > types of > other
pointelle1892
turtle-neck1897
slip-over1919
polo jersey1925
polo jumper1925
polo sweater1925
Sloppy Joe1942
polo neck1959
thick-knit1961
sweater-shirt1964
skinny-rib1965
skivvy1967
mock1989
1925 Times 27 May 20/1 (advt.) Sweaters, Blazers, Polo Jerseys and racing Jackets are made to order.
1960 Woman 23 Apr. 73/4 What gave him most joy was a yellow polo jersey that Frances knitted for him.
1987 A. MacLean Santorini (BNC) 51 Benson was..wearing a sports jacket, flannels and polo jersey.
polo shirt n. (a) a shirt of the kind worn by polo players; (hence) a short-sleeved casual shirt with a collar and buttons at the neck. (b) a shirt with a polo neck.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > types of > other
bloody shirta1586
ruffle shirt1749
ruffled shirt1754
dicky1781
overshirt1805
camise1812
mill tog1821
boiled shirt1853
Crimean shirt1853
Crimea shirt1857
shirtwaist1859
shirt1867
polo shirt1887
zephyr1887
Ghost Shirt1890
Henley1890
negligée shirt1895
turtle-neck1897
rugby shirt1902
bush shirt1909
tunic shirt1918
safari shirt1921
button-down1924
thousand-miler1929
aloha shirt1936
buba1937
zoot shirt1942
Hawaiian shirt1955
sweater-shirt1964
beach shirt1966
kimono shirt1968
dashiki1969
1887 News (Frederick, Maryland) 30 Aug. (advt.) Closing out of all Polo Shirts at reduced prices.
1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. i. 11 You left out this wine-coloured polo shirt.
1979 R. Gillespie Crossword Myst. iv. 100 He threw on a polo shirt and slacks.
1996 Observer 31 Mar. (Life Suppl.) 34/3 Smarter than a T-shirt, less formal than a blouse, the polo shirt is a versatile addition to every spring wardrobe.
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