bilboquetn.

/bɪlbəʊˈkɛt/

Forms: Corrupted forms in sense 2, 1800s bilboketch, bilbocatch, bilbaocatch, bilverketch, biblercatch.

Etymology: < French bilboquet, in same senses and various intermediate ones; in Old French billeboquet, -bauquet, of doubtful origin: see Diez, Littré.

†1. ‘A cord or line, having at either end, and in the middle, a sticke fastened vnto it wherwith Gardeners measure out their beds’ (Cotgrave).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring line > for gardening

bilboquet1600

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. l. 327 For round workes you must haue an instrument, commonly called of the gardeners Billeboquet.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 118 A Bilboquet, an Instrument made of Lines and sharp pointed Sticks or Iron Pins, to square out Beds.

2. The plaything called Cup-and-ball; the game played with it, which consists in catching the ball either on the cup or spike end of the stick. [A typical example of popular etymology is afforded by the corruption of -quet = ket, to ketch, catch, so as to associate it with the action of the game; in Bilbao catch we have the more deliberate perversion of pseudo-scholarship.]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]

swinging1610

shuggie-shue1653

bilboquet1743

kite-flying1804

cup and ball1836

kittly-benders1854

cakewalk1863

mudlarking1888

pogo1921

pogoing1921

yo-yo1932

waterball1950

laugher1973

karaoke1977

bouncy castle1986

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bouncing castle1988

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > cup and ball

bilboquet1743

cup and ball1762

1743 H. Walpole Let. 4 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 265 To set up the noble game of bilboquet.

1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 26 Bilboquets, battledores, and shuttlecocks.

1808 J. Austen Let. 24 Oct. (1995) 150 Bilbocatch, at which George is indefatigable.

1812 Monthly Mag. 33 26 He made great use of a bilbao-catch (note, said to have come hither from Bilbao, in Spain, and thence to have its name) or ivory cup and spike.

1832 W. Hone Year Bk. 1297 To the hautboy succeeded the bilbo-catch, or bilver-ketch.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Bibler-catch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	bilboquet
释义	bilboquetn. /bɪlbəʊˈkɛt/ Forms: Corrupted forms in sense 2, 1800s bilboketch, bilbocatch, bilbaocatch, bilverketch, biblercatch. Etymology: < French bilboquet, in same senses and various intermediate ones; in Old French billeboquet, -bauquet, of doubtful origin: see Diez, Littré. †1. ‘A cord or line, having at either end, and in the middle, a sticke fastened vnto it wherwith Gardeners measure out their beds’ (Cotgrave). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring line > for gardening bilboquet1600 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. l. 327 For round workes you must haue an instrument, commonly called of the gardeners Billeboquet. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 118 A Bilboquet, an Instrument made of Lines and sharp pointed Sticks or Iron Pins, to square out Beds. 2. The plaything called Cup-and-ball; the game played with it, which consists in catching the ball either on the cup or spike end of the stick. [A typical example of popular etymology is afforded by the corruption of -quet = ket, to ketch, catch, so as to associate it with the action of the game; in Bilbao catch we have the more deliberate perversion of pseudo-scholarship.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] swinging1610 shuggie-shue1653 bilboquet1743 kite-flying1804 cup and ball1836 kittly-benders1854 cakewalk1863 mudlarking1888 pogo1921 pogoing1921 yo-yo1932 waterball1950 laugher1973 karaoke1977 bouncy castle1986 paintball1987 bouncing castle1988 paintballing1989 zorbing1996 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > cup and ball bilboquet1743 cup and ball1762 1743 H. Walpole Let. 4 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 265 To set up the noble game of bilboquet. 1801 M. Edgeworth Good French Governess in Moral Tales V. 26 Bilboquets, battledores, and shuttlecocks. 1808 J. Austen Let. 24 Oct. (1995) 150 Bilbocatch, at which George is indefatigable. 1812 Monthly Mag. 33 26 He made great use of a bilbao-catch (note, said to have come hither from Bilbao, in Spain, and thence to have its name) or ivory cup and spike. 1832 W. Hone Year Bk. 1297 To the hautboy succeeded the bilbo-catch, or bilver-ketch. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Bibler-catch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1600
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