| 单词 | billiard-table |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbilliard-table billiard-table n. the large table on which the game of billiards is played; usually 12 ft. by 6 ft., covered with fine green cloth, surrounded by a cushioned ledge, and provided with six ‘pockets’ at the corners and sides for the reception of the balls; also in extended use and attributively to describe a perfectly smooth road, green, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > table billiard board1583 billiard-table1641 pool table1860 green cloth1891 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adjective] eveneOE plainc1330 platc1395 planirc1450 level1538 flat1551 evenlya1586 plane1666 unraised1694 planary1724 dead1782 flush1791 square1814 billiard-table1887 1641 in Notes & Queries (1915) XI. 227 A billiard table and three bearers. 1677 J. Evelyn Mem. 10 Sept. The gallery is a pleasant, noble room: in the..middle, is a billiard-table. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 54. ⁋4 Bowling-Greens, Billiard-Tables, and such like Places. 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field vii. 107 We do not play cricket..on billiard tables. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia viii. 190 An immense tract of high grass, as level as a billiard-table. 1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket ix. viii. 183 Pougher [printed Pongher]..got seven wickets..for 116 runs, on a billiard-table ground. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 6 June 4/2 A land of billiard-table roads. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 12/2 The billiard-table smoothness of the putting green. < as lemmas |
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