英语词汇“the wild mare”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. shoeing (also riding) the wild (also old, white) mare: a game played at Christmas and other festive seasons, in which a pole is suspended horizontally above the floor and the ‘rider’ sits cross-legged on it and performs various tricks or pretends to shoe the mare by hammering the underside of the pole a certain number of times; in quot. 1611 mistakenly equated with titter-totter (titter-totter n.). the wild mare: (a) a children's game (see quot. ?a1873); (b) a see-saw; (c) a wooden frame on which soldiers were made to ‘ride’ as punishment; = horse n. 6b, timber-mare n. at timber n.¹ Compounds 2, wooden mare n. at wooden adj. Compounds 2. Now rare.

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titter-totter1530

shoeing the wild marea1586

totter-arse1611

teeter-totter1905

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.vi Let se who that dare Sho the mockysshe mare.]

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiv. sig. Ee3^v Bestriding the mast, I gat..towards him, after such a manner as boies are wont (if euer you saw that sport) when they ride the wild mare.

1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. D1^v Christmas gambuls, father, shooing the wilde mare.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Baccoler To play at titter-totter, or at totter-arse; to ride the wild Mare; as children who sitting vpon both ends of a long Pole, or Timber-log (supported only in the middle) lift one another vp and downe.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo/2 She should ride the wild Mare once a week, she should.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 295 He..syne rode the meir, to his gryte hurt and pane.

1680 J. Speed Batt upon Batt 5 Our Batt can..play..At..Shooing the wild Mare.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 426 Shoing the Auld Mare, a dangerous kind of sport; a beam of wood is slung between two ropes, [etc.].

?a1873 F. Madden in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 35/2 A play among boys, wherein the person who acts the mare, slides over the shoulders of several others, who are linked together; and is strapped with leathern aprons, and such like, all the while he is getting over them.

1901 R. C. Maclagan Games Argyleshire 197 Crudhadh an Capuill Bhain, or An Lair Bhreabain..‘Shoeing the White Mare’ or ‘The Kicking Mare’.

单词	the wild mare
释义	> as lemmas the wild mare c. shoeing (also riding) the wild (also old, white) mare: a game played at Christmas and other festive seasons, in which a pole is suspended horizontally above the floor and the ‘rider’ sits cross-legged on it and performs various tricks or pretends to shoe the mare by hammering the underside of the pole a certain number of times; in quot. 1611 mistakenly equated with titter-totter (titter-totter n.). the wild mare: (a) a children's game (see quot. ?a1873); (b) a see-saw; (c) a wooden frame on which soldiers were made to ‘ride’ as punishment; = horse n. 6b, timber-mare n. at timber n.¹ Compounds 2, wooden mare n. at wooden adj. Compounds 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > see-sawing titter-totter1530 shoeing the wild marea1586 totter-arse1611 teeter-totter1905 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.vi Let se who that dare Sho the mockysshe mare.] a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxiv. sig. Ee3^v Bestriding the mast, I gat..towards him, after such a manner as boies are wont (if euer you saw that sport) when they ride the wild mare. 1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. D1^v Christmas gambuls, father, shooing the wilde mare. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Baccoler To play at titter-totter, or at totter-arse; to ride the wild Mare; as children who sitting vpon both ends of a long Pole, or Timber-log (supported only in the middle) lift one another vp and downe. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo/2 She should ride the wild Mare once a week, she should. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 295 He..syne rode the meir, to his gryte hurt and pane. 1680 J. Speed Batt upon Batt 5 Our Batt can..play..At..Shooing the wild Mare. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 426 Shoing the Auld Mare, a dangerous kind of sport; a beam of wood is slung between two ropes, [etc.]. ?a1873 F. Madden in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 35/2 A play among boys, wherein the person who acts the mare, slides over the shoulders of several others, who are linked together; and is strapped with leathern aprons, and such like, all the while he is getting over them. 1901 R. C. Maclagan Games Argyleshire 197 Crudhadh an Capuill Bhain, or An Lair Bhreabain..‘Shoeing the White Mare’ or ‘The Kicking Mare’. extracted from maren.¹ < as lemmas
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