set piecen.

Forms: Also set-piece, setpiece.

Etymology: set adj.¹

a. A painting, or a sculptured group of people.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject

antic1532

Our Lady Piety1533

drapery1552

antiquary1573

urn1653

story1657

Pietàc1660

gigantomachy1820

set piece1846

terminal1865

wheatear1882

protome1886

protoma1894

koruru1897

blemya1915

Lincoln imp1926

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > painting composed of figures > group-picture

family piece1690

family picture1718

set piece1846

family portrait1904

1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 190 The hollow-cheeked monk..went down on his knees, in a corner, before this set-piece.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 6/3 A group [of flowers] of the set-piece kind in the form of a grotto.

b. A picture or design composed of fireworks.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > design created by

fireworka1577

set piece1874

1874 W. H. Browne Art Pyrotechny 118 ‘Set pieces’ (as they are called).

c. A (passage of) formal composition in prose or verse; a discourse, narrative, etc., composed according to a set pattern.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > set piece

set piece1932

1932 C. Brown in Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. Introd. p. xiv In the English romance Arthour and Merlin a series of lyrics on the various months—May, June, February, &c.—are introduced as set pieces to divide the romance into Fitts.

1954 Ess. in Crit. 4 1 Little reason to suppose that Menenius is as impartial or as wise as his famous set-piece, the fable of the belly and the members, might at first sight suggest.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 156 And there is the recurrent set-piece: ‘What's your name?’ ‘Sarah Jane.’ ‘Where do you live?’ ‘Down the lane’ [etc.].

1968 Listener 10 Oct. 475/3 Amis's prose is very good, and some of his little set-pieces are brilliant, as well as modish. Thus, the American road~scene.

1977 Broadcast 7 Nov. 13/3 ‘Hard Times’..as a novel..has a few splendid set pieces and many incidental pleasures.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 1012/1 The ceremony of the Holy Fire in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem—the major set-piece of the novel.

2. Theatre. A piece of scenery, either flat or three-dimensional and usually free-standing, that represents a single feature such as a tree, a gate, or the like.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > tableau > [noun]

pageantc1450

picture1588

spectacle1752

tableau vivant1821

tableau1828

living picture1851

set piece1859

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > pieces of

side shutter1634

drop1781

flat1795

back-scene1818

border1824

profile1824

act drop1829

set piece1859

profiling1861

profile wing1873

backing1889

profile piece1896

revolve1900

construction1924

wood-wing1933

cutout1949

1859 E. Fitzball Thirty-five Years Dramatic Author's Life I. vi. 140 His long costly robes, becoming entangled with a set piece, pulled down with it, the orange tree excepted, every morsel of scenery on the stage.

1884 J. Hatton H. Irving's Impress. Amer. II. xi. 265 We took..all the cloths for our entire répertoire, and many of the small practical set-pieces.

1930 S. Selden & H. D. Sellman Stage Scenery i. vi. 163 The character of an outdoor setting is better suggested by a few plastic ‘set’ and ‘built’ pieces, such as ground rows, silhouette hills, rocks, trees, and fences placed in front of the sky than by anything placed on the drop.

1970 H. Nelms Scene Design ii. 19/1 Except for the cyc and the ground row needed to mask its lower edge, the whole setting..consists of a single set piece. This is a flat piece of scenery placed by itself somewhere in the playing space.

3. An organized movement, action, or manœuvre; spec. in Sport, a prescribed (and usually rehearsed) movement or feature of the game by which the ball is returned to play, as at a scrummage in Rugby or a free kick in Football.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres

footer1781

place-kick1845

place-kicking1845

punt1845

miskick1868

footwork1871

goal-kicking1871

shinning1873

punt kick1876

tackle1876

heading1887

dribble1889

throw-in1896

breakaway1906

right-footer1906

set piece1938

long ball1954

scissors kick1955

1938 D. S. Milford Hockey vi. 122 We have now finished our survey of the full-back positions for what may be called ‘set pieces’.

1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 840/1 The fourth and last type of operation is the raid against an enemy shore base, usually referred to as a ‘set~piece’. This is really rather similar to a Bomber Command operation at shorter range and with smaller aircraft.

1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xx. 314 Set-piece Rugby. This is not a game in the strict sense, but a series of set pieces, following rapidly, one on another, at a word from the coach or referee.

1977 Western Mail (Cardiff) 5 Mar. 18/5 Modern rugby is a game of pressure and most of this is upon the halves, from set pieces and loose play.

4. (with hyphen) attributive passing into adj. Having the attributes of a set-piece; formally or elaborately planned or composed; set (cf. set adj.¹).

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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly

well-deviseda1425

well-laid1533

well-calculated1593

well-laid1595

well-designed1624

best-laida1626

ill-contrived1632

well-planned1728

well-schemed1728

set piece1947

1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 840/1 (heading) The ‘set-piece’ attack.

1962 E. Godfrey Retail Selling & Organization ii. 11 The windows themselves may be enclosed, providing a background for set-piece displays.

1968 Economist 17 Feb. 43/1 The not quite universal tendency of reporters to compare the setpiece battle situation that has been building up at Khe Sanh, close to the boundary between South and North Vietnam, to Dien~bienphu.

1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. 9 The prime minister is not only required to make a set-piece ministerial or other broadcast on major occasions; he is constantly in the news.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	set piece
释义	set piecen. Forms: Also set-piece, setpiece. Etymology: set adj.¹ 1. a. A painting, or a sculptured group of people. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > group or spec. subject antic1532 Our Lady Piety1533 drapery1552 antiquary1573 urn1653 story1657 Pietàc1660 gigantomachy1820 set piece1846 terminal1865 wheatear1882 protome1886 protoma1894 koruru1897 blemya1915 Lincoln imp1926 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > painting composed of figures > group-picture family piece1690 family picture1718 set piece1846 family portrait1904 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 190 The hollow-cheeked monk..went down on his knees, in a corner, before this set-piece. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 May 6/3 A group [of flowers] of the set-piece kind in the form of a grotto. b. A picture or design composed of fireworks. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > design created by fireworka1577 set piece1874 1874 W. H. Browne Art Pyrotechny 118 ‘Set pieces’ (as they are called). c. A (passage of) formal composition in prose or verse; a discourse, narrative, etc., composed according to a set pattern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > set piece set piece1932 1932 C. Brown in Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. Introd. p. xiv In the English romance Arthour and Merlin a series of lyrics on the various months—May, June, February, &c.—are introduced as set pieces to divide the romance into Fitts. 1954 Ess. in Crit. 4 1 Little reason to suppose that Menenius is as impartial or as wise as his famous set-piece, the fable of the belly and the members, might at first sight suggest. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 156 And there is the recurrent set-piece: ‘What's your name?’ ‘Sarah Jane.’ ‘Where do you live?’ ‘Down the lane’ [etc.]. 1968 Listener 10 Oct. 475/3 Amis's prose is very good, and some of his little set-pieces are brilliant, as well as modish. Thus, the American road~scene. 1977 Broadcast 7 Nov. 13/3 ‘Hard Times’..as a novel..has a few splendid set pieces and many incidental pleasures. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Sept. 1012/1 The ceremony of the Holy Fire in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem—the major set-piece of the novel. 2. Theatre. A piece of scenery, either flat or three-dimensional and usually free-standing, that represents a single feature such as a tree, a gate, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > tableau > [noun] pageantc1450 picture1588 spectacle1752 tableau vivant1821 tableau1828 living picture1851 set piece1859 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > pieces of side shutter1634 drop1781 flat1795 back-scene1818 border1824 profile1824 act drop1829 set piece1859 profiling1861 profile wing1873 backing1889 profile piece1896 revolve1900 construction1924 wood-wing1933 cutout1949 1859 E. Fitzball Thirty-five Years Dramatic Author's Life I. vi. 140 His long costly robes, becoming entangled with a set piece, pulled down with it, the orange tree excepted, every morsel of scenery on the stage. 1884 J. Hatton H. Irving's Impress. Amer. II. xi. 265 We took..all the cloths for our entire répertoire, and many of the small practical set-pieces. 1930 S. Selden & H. D. Sellman Stage Scenery i. vi. 163 The character of an outdoor setting is better suggested by a few plastic ‘set’ and ‘built’ pieces, such as ground rows, silhouette hills, rocks, trees, and fences placed in front of the sky than by anything placed on the drop. 1970 H. Nelms Scene Design ii. 19/1 Except for the cyc and the ground row needed to mask its lower edge, the whole setting..consists of a single set piece. This is a flat piece of scenery placed by itself somewhere in the playing space. 3. An organized movement, action, or manœuvre; spec. in Sport, a prescribed (and usually rehearsed) movement or feature of the game by which the ball is returned to play, as at a scrummage in Rugby or a free kick in Football. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres footer1781 place-kick1845 place-kicking1845 punt1845 miskick1868 footwork1871 goal-kicking1871 shinning1873 punt kick1876 tackle1876 heading1887 dribble1889 throw-in1896 breakaway1906 right-footer1906 set piece1938 long ball1954 scissors kick1955 1938 D. S. Milford Hockey vi. 122 We have now finished our survey of the full-back positions for what may be called ‘set pieces’. 1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 840/1 The fourth and last type of operation is the raid against an enemy shore base, usually referred to as a ‘set~piece’. This is really rather similar to a Bomber Command operation at shorter range and with smaller aircraft. 1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xx. 314 Set-piece Rugby. This is not a game in the strict sense, but a series of set pieces, following rapidly, one on another, at a word from the coach or referee. 1977 Western Mail (Cardiff) 5 Mar. 18/5 Modern rugby is a game of pressure and most of this is upon the halves, from set pieces and loose play. 4. (with hyphen) attributive passing into adj. Having the attributes of a set-piece; formally or elaborately planned or composed; set (cf. set adj.¹). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly well-deviseda1425 well-laid1533 well-calculated1593 well-laid1595 well-designed1624 best-laida1626 ill-contrived1632 well-planned1728 well-schemed1728 set piece1947 1947 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 51 840/1 (heading) The ‘set-piece’ attack. 1962 E. Godfrey Retail Selling & Organization ii. 11 The windows themselves may be enclosed, providing a background for set-piece displays. 1968 Economist 17 Feb. 43/1 The not quite universal tendency of reporters to compare the setpiece battle situation that has been building up at Khe Sanh, close to the boundary between South and North Vietnam, to Dien~bienphu. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. 9 The prime minister is not only required to make a set-piece ministerial or other broadcast on major occasions; he is constantly in the news. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1846
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