† rere-mainn.

Forms: late Middle English rere-mayn, late Middle English rere-mayne, late Middle English rere-meyn.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French reremein, areremein, arieremain.

Etymology: Probably < Anglo-Norman reremein (adverb) back, backwards (1268 or earlier), variant (with loss of initial a- ) of Anglo-Norman areremein, arieremein, arreremain, etc., Anglo-Norman and Middle French arieremain, Middle French arrieremain (adverb) back, backwards (13th cent.; beginning of the 14th cent. in Old French in specific use designating the direction of a blow dealt with the back of the hand) < arere , arrere , arriere , etc. arrear adv. + main , mein hand (see main n.³). The use as noun denoting a kind of sword blow is apparently not attested in Anglo-Norman, Old French, or Middle French; however, compare Middle French, French arrière-main backhanded stroke in the ball game jeu de paume (1564). Compare later reredemaine n.

Obsolete.

= reredemaine n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a back-hand blow

retreatc1330

rere-mainc1400

reverse1490

reredemaine1548

riverso1595

back-hand1657

backstroke1753

back-hander1890

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7389 (MED) Wel hij fiȝtten on þe pleyn, Wiþ tresget, wiþ reremeyn [v.r. reremayn] Wiþ ouerheued, and wiþ stook.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1126 Sir Launcelot lepe to hym and gaff hym backwarde with hys gauntelet a reremayne, that he felle to the erthe starke dede.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	rere-main
释义	† rere-mainn. Forms: late Middle English rere-mayn, late Middle English rere-mayne, late Middle English rere-meyn. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French reremein, areremein, arieremain. Etymology: Probably < Anglo-Norman reremein (adverb) back, backwards (1268 or earlier), variant (with loss of initial a- ) of Anglo-Norman areremein, arieremein, arreremain, etc., Anglo-Norman and Middle French arieremain, Middle French arrieremain (adverb) back, backwards (13th cent.; beginning of the 14th cent. in Old French in specific use designating the direction of a blow dealt with the back of the hand) < arere , arrere , arriere , etc. arrear adv. + main , mein hand (see main n.³). The use as noun denoting a kind of sword blow is apparently not attested in Anglo-Norman, Old French, or Middle French; however, compare Middle French, French arrière-main backhanded stroke in the ball game jeu de paume (1564). Compare later reredemaine n. Obsolete. = reredemaine n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a back-hand blow retreatc1330 rere-mainc1400 reverse1490 reredemaine1548 riverso1595 back-hand1657 backstroke1753 back-hander1890 c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7389 (MED) Wel hij fiȝtten on þe pleyn, Wiþ tresget, wiþ reremeyn [v.r. reremayn] Wiþ ouerheued, and wiþ stook. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1126 Sir Launcelot lepe to hym and gaff hym backwarde with hys gauntelet a reremayne, that he felle to the erthe starke dede. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
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