prison barn.

Brit.

/ˌprɪzn ˈbɑː/, U.S.

/ˈprɪzn ˈbɑr/

Forms: see prison n. and bar n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prison n., bar n.¹

Etymology: < prison n. + bar n.¹ With sense 1 compare slightly earlier prison base n.

1. Chiefly in plural = prisoners' bars n. Now regional.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > prisoner's base

barsc1400

base1440

barley-break1557

prison base1598

prison bar1602

stroke-bias1700

prisoners' bars1794

Scotch and English1802

prisoners' base1830

chevy1883

Molly Bright1883

1602 R. Parsons Warn-word ii. ix. f. 68 As if the knigt would inferre also that because he vseth the word Curramus let vs runne, he would defend therby running games in England, or running at bazes or prison barres in Churcheyards as yong people are wont to do.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Barres, the play at Bace; or, Prison Bars.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxii. 96/1 He played..at prison barres.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer ii. i. 13 Our Armies did nothing but play at Prison Bars, and hide and seek with the Enemy.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Prisonbase, a kind of rural play, commonly called prisonbars.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 333 Whether cricket or prison bar, shuttle cock or trap ball be the better amusement.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 293 Prison bars, a school-boy's game.

1825 Times 3 Aug. 3/3 The rustic game of prison-bars was once a royal amusement.

1883 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Folk-lore xxxiii. 524 Men-servants, in the last century, were wont to ask a day's holiday to join or witness a game of prison-bars, arranged beforehand as a cricket-match might be.

1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 269 Prison bars, the game known as prisoner's Base. It used always to be played at Mobberley wakes in one of my fields, but has become quite obsolete for many years.

1999 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 5 It also provided somewhere for Stoke and Burslem players of a rough and tumble game called prison bars—a boisterous version of ‘tag’—to dull the pain of their cuts and bruises.

2. A bar used to secure or form a prison cell, door, window, etc. Usually in plural.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > iron bars

prison bar1662

1662 K. Evans & S. Chevers Short Relation Cruel Sufferings 66 We could behold each others face through the Prison bars of Iron, in the Inquisition.

1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman iv. 55 He wou'd make my Bloud the Aqua fortis To eat his partners Prison bars asunder.

1765 W. Shirley Electra i. iv. 12 Else had my prison-bars ere this been broke, And his vex'd people rescu'd from oppression.

1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 77 The bright sun gleamed through his prison-bars.

1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 175 He to captivity was sold, But him no prison-bars would hold.

1946 F. Brockway Socialism over Sixty Years 399 This physical limitation, closing him in like a prison bar, was at times almost unendurable to him.

1948 E. Lindgren Art of Film v. 82 A medium close-up of his body on which shadows of the prison bars form a pattern.

1996 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 29 Within minutes Bentine's fertile mind had created further scenes, in which the chairback appeared as a comb, a plough, a guillotine, prison bars, a road drill—whatever.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prison bar
释义	prison barn. Brit. /ˌprɪzn ˈbɑː/, U.S. /ˈprɪzn ˈbɑr/ Forms: see prison n. and bar n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prison n., bar n.¹ Etymology: < prison n. + bar n.¹ With sense 1 compare slightly earlier prison base n. 1. Chiefly in plural = prisoners' bars n. Now regional. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > prisoner's base barsc1400 base1440 barley-break1557 prison base1598 prison bar1602 stroke-bias1700 prisoners' bars1794 Scotch and English1802 prisoners' base1830 chevy1883 Molly Bright1883 1602 R. Parsons Warn-word ii. ix. f. 68 As if the knigt would inferre also that because he vseth the word Curramus let vs runne, he would defend therby running games in England, or running at bazes or prison barres in Churcheyards as yong people are wont to do. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Barres, the play at Bace; or, Prison Bars. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxii. 96/1 He played..at prison barres. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer ii. i. 13 Our Armies did nothing but play at Prison Bars, and hide and seek with the Enemy. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Prisonbase, a kind of rural play, commonly called prisonbars. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 333 Whether cricket or prison bar, shuttle cock or trap ball be the better amusement. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 293 Prison bars, a school-boy's game. 1825 Times 3 Aug. 3/3 The rustic game of prison-bars was once a royal amusement. 1883 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Folk-lore xxxiii. 524 Men-servants, in the last century, were wont to ask a day's holiday to join or witness a game of prison-bars, arranged beforehand as a cricket-match might be. 1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 269 Prison bars, the game known as prisoner's Base. It used always to be played at Mobberley wakes in one of my fields, but has become quite obsolete for many years. 1999 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 30 Mar. 5 It also provided somewhere for Stoke and Burslem players of a rough and tumble game called prison bars—a boisterous version of ‘tag’—to dull the pain of their cuts and bruises. 2. A bar used to secure or form a prison cell, door, window, etc. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > iron bars prison bar1662 1662 K. Evans & S. Chevers Short Relation Cruel Sufferings 66 We could behold each others face through the Prison bars of Iron, in the Inquisition. 1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman iv. 55 He wou'd make my Bloud the Aqua fortis To eat his partners Prison bars asunder. 1765 W. Shirley Electra i. iv. 12 Else had my prison-bars ere this been broke, And his vex'd people rescu'd from oppression. 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 77 The bright sun gleamed through his prison-bars. 1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 175 He to captivity was sold, But him no prison-bars would hold. 1946 F. Brockway Socialism over Sixty Years 399 This physical limitation, closing him in like a prison bar, was at times almost unendurable to him. 1948 E. Lindgren Art of Film v. 82 A medium close-up of his body on which shadows of the prison bars form a pattern. 1996 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 29 Within minutes Bentine's fertile mind had created further scenes, in which the chairback appeared as a comb, a plough, a guillotine, prison bars, a road drill—whatever. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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