单词 | tavel |
释义 | † taveln.1 Obsolete. A piece used in a board game, a die; (also) a game played on a board, esp. dice; the board on which it is played. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > table or board taveleOE tavelbredc1275 dicing-board1571 trey-table1646 true-tablea1684 dice-board1844 eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 3 Alea teblae [eOE Erfurt Gloss. tefil]. OE Fortunes of Men 70 Meahtig dryhten geond eorþan sceat eallum dæleð.., sumum wyrp oþþe scyte.., sumum tæfle cræft, bleobordes gebregd. OE Maxims I 181 Hy twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan, þenden him hyra torn toglide.., habban him gomen on borde. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 152 Alea, tæfel. Pirgus, cyningstan on tæfle. Tessere uel lepuscule, feþerscite tæfel. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) 8133 Somme pleoide mid tauel. Compounds tavelbred n. [compare foreign-language parallels cited at table-board n.] = table-board n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > table or board taveleOE tavelbredc1275 dicing-board1571 trey-table1646 true-tablea1684 dice-board1844 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4056 Summen pleoden on tæuelbrede [c1300 Otho Somme pleoide mid tauel]. tavelmaker n. a maker of dice or board games.Only attested as a surname. ΚΠ 1360 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 231 (MED) Thom. Tauelmaker. tavelstone n. [compare Old Saxon tabalstēn die, Old High German zabalstein piece used in a board game, die (Middle High German zabelstein piece used in a board game, chessman)] a piece used in a board game, a die. ΚΠ eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 11 Calculus, ratio uel sententia uel tebelstan uel lapillus. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 171 Ale, tæfelstanas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). Taveln.2 Used attributively and absol. to designate a rosé wine produced in Tavel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Rhône hermitage1680 eremitage1796 Côte-rôtie1802 roussette1873 Tavel1875 Châteauneuf-du-Pape1876 Rhone1895 Seyssel1926 1875 H. Vizetelly Wines of World i. iii. 28 Of the rose-colour wines of the Côtes du Rhône, such as the dry and insidious Tavel,..and the robust Roquemaure,..the majority made default. 1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 178 On the opposite bank of the Rhône..is the little village of Tavel, which produces the delicious Tavel Rosé (Ancien Vignoble). 1934 J. I. Davis Beginner's Guide to Wines 49 Tavel..is a most delicious table wine. 1951 R. Postgate Plain Man's Guide to Wine iv. 90 Tavel is both dry and fruity... All rosés are a pretty colour; Tavel is perhaps the prettiest. 1963 N. Freeling Gun before Butter iii. 153 They drank a Tavel wine from near Avignon. 1974 Guardian 24 Jan. 13/5 The best rosé in the world is probably Tavel. 1980 ‘M. Harris’ Treasure of Sainte Foy xviii. 229 He goes on through the small town of Tavel—this is where Tavel rosé comes from. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † tavelv. Obsolete. intransitive. To gamble, game, esp. with dice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (intransitive)] taveleOE dicec1440 rifle1590 to shake the elbow1705 jeff1837 to touch ivory1864 to roll (the, them) bones1891 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 102 Cotizo, ic tæfle. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 101 Cotizat, tæflaþ. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 1666 Riȝt swa megred þe manne aschame, Þat taueleþ & for leost þat gome. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : teveltavelv. < n.1eOEn.21875v.eOE see also |
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