putting stonen.
/ˈpʊtɪŋ ˌstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpʊdɪŋ ˌstoʊn/, Scottish English /ˈpʌtɪŋ ˌston/ Chiefly Scottish.
A heavy stone used in the Highland sport of putting (putting n.1 2).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball > weight, shot, or discus
stonec1300
dishc1384
discus1581
disc1665
putting stone1716
weight1865
shot1881
1716 A. Pope Ess. Homer's Battles in tr. Homer Iliad II. 331 The Custom is yet extant in some parts of Scotland, where Stones for the same Purpose are laid at the Gates of great Houses, which they call Putting Stones.
1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 214 Antient sports of the Highlanders..retained are, throwing the putting-stone, or stone of strength (Cloch neart), as they call it.
1833 W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 1 Nov. (1963) 246 Throwing the ‘putting stone’ in the evening.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 221 Played quoits..and got through the time with the putting-stone.
1914 Man 14 144 Mrs. Andrews alludes to Rob Roy's putting-stone,..and I was myself as a boy very familiar with the boulder on the hill above Rostrevor.
1982 G. Redmond Sporting Scots of 19th-Cent. Canada ii. 30 The clach-neart was a putting-stone, customarily laid by a chieftain's house for visitors to try their strength.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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