† reredemainen.

Forms: 1500s reardemaine, 1500s reredemaine, 1500s reredemayne.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rere-main n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of rere-main n.; with the medial -de- perhaps compare French de de prep. No corresponding form appears to be attested in French.In quot. 1664 apparently altered after French derrière behind (see derere adv.).

Obsolete.

A blow delivered with the back of the hand. Earliest in figurative context.

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

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxv^v But al such plagues, calamities and troubles..I shall with a reredemayne..make them rebounde to our commen enemye.

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xvi. l. 124 Such a blow he lent him as he past, Vpon his shoulders from the reredemaine.

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlii. xlvii. 354 Right blowes and reardemaine, he striketh many [It. colpi a dritto e a riverso tira assai].

1664 J. Wilson Cheats iv. i. 48 O Ho;—The De rere main;—Why then the question will be singlie this—Whither a blow, with the back of the hand, upon the Cheek, may be call'd, a box on the ear;—For my part, I am clearlie of opinion—not.]

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

单词	reredemaine
释义	† reredemainen. Forms: 1500s reardemaine, 1500s reredemaine, 1500s reredemayne. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rere-main n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of rere-main n.; with the medial -de- perhaps compare French de de prep. No corresponding form appears to be attested in French.In quot. 1664 apparently altered after French derrière behind (see derere adv.). Obsolete. A blow delivered with the back of the hand. Earliest in figurative context. 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 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxv^v But al such plagues, calamities and troubles..I shall with a reredemayne..make them rebounde to our commen enemye. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xvi. l. 124 Such a blow he lent him as he past, Vpon his shoulders from the reredemaine. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlii. xlvii. 354 Right blowes and reardemaine, he striketh many [It. colpi a dritto e a riverso tira assai]. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats iv. i. 48 O Ho;—The De rere main;—Why then the question will be singlie this—Whither a blow, with the back of the hand, upon the Cheek, may be call'd, a box on the ear;—For my part, I am clearlie of opinion—not.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1548
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