Renshaw smashn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛnʃɔː ˈsmaʃ/, U.S.

/ˈˌrɛnˌʃɔ ˈˌsmæʃ/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Renshaw , smash n.¹

Etymology: < the name of William Charles Renshaw (1861–1904) and his twin brother Ernest (1861–99), British tennis champions, who first developed the shot + smash n.¹

Tennis. Now historical and rare.

= smash n.¹ 1b.

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1881 Graphic 6 Aug. 131/3 Mr. Renshaw beat Mr. R. T. Richardson..by eighteen games to nine, his stroke, known as the ‘Renshaw smash’, gaining fourteen aces.

1883 Field 7 July 11/1 Deuce was called in five of the games, and the fifth game was won by four of the ‘Renshaw smashes’.

1926 Times 22 June 17/4 In 1880..the Renshaw smash was not yet invented, and the revolutionary practice of volleying was condemned by the Field newspaper as ‘unscientific’.

1997 H. Gillmeister Tennis (1998) vi. 200 The author of a book on lawn tennis was apparently led to recommend, in the 1880s, a strategy for the four-handed game resembling the working of ‘two buckets in a well’. As soon as one player advanced to the net, he argued, his partner should beat a hasty retreat to the baseline, and vice versa. Needless to say, the Renshaw smash sent the two buckets violently to the bottom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	renshaw smash
释义	Renshaw smashn. Brit. /ˌrɛnʃɔː ˈsmaʃ/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛnˌʃɔ ˈˌsmæʃ/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Renshaw , smash n.¹ Etymology: < the name of William Charles Renshaw (1861–1904) and his twin brother Ernest (1861–99), British tennis champions, who first developed the shot + smash n.¹ Tennis. Now historical and rare. = smash n.¹ 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > types of play or stroke chasec1440 loss1591 volley1596 bandy1598 back-racket1608 service1611 force1662 serve1688 serving1688 Renshaw smash1881 pass1888 railroad service1890 kicker1936 1881 Graphic 6 Aug. 131/3 Mr. Renshaw beat Mr. R. T. Richardson..by eighteen games to nine, his stroke, known as the ‘Renshaw smash’, gaining fourteen aces. 1883 Field 7 July 11/1 Deuce was called in five of the games, and the fifth game was won by four of the ‘Renshaw smashes’. 1926 Times 22 June 17/4 In 1880..the Renshaw smash was not yet invented, and the revolutionary practice of volleying was condemned by the Field newspaper as ‘unscientific’. 1997 H. Gillmeister Tennis (1998) vi. 200 The author of a book on lawn tennis was apparently led to recommend, in the 1880s, a strategy for the four-handed game resembling the working of ‘two buckets in a well’. As soon as one player advanced to the net, he argued, his partner should beat a hasty retreat to the baseline, and vice versa. Needless to say, the Renshaw smash sent the two buckets violently to the bottom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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