单词 | ryepeck |
释义 | ryepeckn. Originally and chiefly English regional (southern). An iron-shod pole used for mooring a punt, or serving as a mark for competitors in aquatic sports. Also attributive and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > object to which ship is moored moorings1600 pawl1717 mooring post1779 mooring1809 mooring block1809 mooring anchor1820 ryepeck1834 snub-post1875 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > course > mark on course flag-boat1815 ryepeck1834 stake-boat1839 weather-mark1894 turn-boat1896 turn-mark1896 1834 Bell's Life in London 21 Dec. They heard a voice..call out in distress..which cry immediately followed the noise of a plunge in the water... The rye peck or punt pole was heard to rattle at the same time. 1842 Eton Bureau iii. 118 As it is now nearly four months since I left Brocas lane for ever, I am daily expecting to reach New Zealand, the rypeck of my hopes, the scene of my future labours in the good cause. 1857 F. T. Buckland Curiosities Nat. Hist. (1859) 227 The boat is pushed out into the middle of the river, the two rypecks are fixed firmly into the ground at the bottom, and the boat is fastened to them across the stream. 1898 W. H. Grenfell Rowing ix. 74 In amateur races it is usual..to have a separate turning ryepeck for each competitor. 1934 Times 25 Aug. 12/4 The course was over three miles, including two rypeck turns. 1955 L. E. Jones Victorian Boyhood iii. 168 At last the day came when ‘W.D.’..sat in a punt at Cuckoo Weir and called upon us, naked and shivering, to dive from another punt and swim round the ryepeck. 2009 Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. 53 A ryepeck at punting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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