单词 | surf-rider |
释义 | surf-ridern. Now chiefly archaic. A person who surf-rides; a surfer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfer surf swimmera1829 surf-rider1851 surfer1907 surfboarder1909 1851 H. T. Cheever Life in Sandwich Islands iii. 42 The great crested wall..is every moment impending over one, and threatening to bury the bold surf-rider in its watery ruin. 1882 Hawaiian Almanac 52 At one time they sent their champion surf-rider to compete with chiefs in the sport at Hawaii. 1938 Life 7 Feb. 41/2 (caption) Long regular combers, formed on a gradually shelving beach, are a surf rider's dream of paradise. 1999 H. Turtledove Walk in Hell (2000) xvi. 465 The surf-rider, who came up onto the beach with the plank on his head, was a couple of inches above six feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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