单词 | showjump |
释义 | showjumpn.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping > pole vault pole-leaping1842 pole leap1857 pole jumping1864 pole-vaulting1864 pole jump1866 showjump1873 pole vault1881 1873 Bell's Life in London 14 June 9/1 E. Woodburn..in a show jump afterwards essayed 10ft 8in. 1880 Bell's Life in London 26 June 4/5 The feat, however, was not accomplished in the competition; it being simply a show jump. 2. Any of various obstacles to be jumped by a horse and rider as part of a showjumping competition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles leap1692 fence1839 water jump1840 flight1851 jump1858 oxer1859 showjump1884 pianoforte jump1908 pianoforte obstacle1909 1884 Bell's Life in London 21 June 8/2 The obstacles to be negotiated consisted of a well-gorsed flight of hurdles,..the usual show jump of a double flight of hurdles, [etc.]. 1930 J. L. M. Barrett Pract. Jumping ix. 94 Blinks..admitted to having had a whole set of show-jumps..made by the local carpenter. 1973 Country Life 8 Mar. 654/2 Large assortment of B.S.J.A. Show Jumps. All brightly painted and bolted construction. 2004 S. Tinney Making Time iv. 83 Once your horse is jumping confidently over showjumps..you can start to include some cross country training. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). showjumpv. intransitive. To ride a horse over a course of fences and other obstacles in an arena; to compete in showjumping. Also with the horse as subject. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > take part in equestrian sports except racing [verb (intransitive)] > jump a series of different obstacles showjump1935 1935 Horse & Hound 19 July 985/3 Your correspondent ‘L’, who has ‘show-jumped for over thirty years.’ 1943 R. S. Summerhays Elem. Riding (ed. 2) xix. 91 The method I have described is universally accepted as being the true way to show-jump. 1966 Irish Times 23 Mar. 16/2 This mare..has been show jumping regularly. 2004 Financial Times 28 Aug. w1/2 I have showjumped, evented, and dipped a toe in dressage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873v.1935 |
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