| 单词 | to foot the trig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto foot the trig A line traced, cut, or marked out on the ground, as a boundary or centre line, a guide for a cutting, etc.; the line or score at which a player at bowls, quoits, curling, etc. stands, or from which runners start in a race; hence to foot the trig or toe the trig (see toe v. 2); also dialect a shallow trench, gutter, or small ditch, a narrow path or track ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > line line1550 trig1648 sideline1862 touchline1863 foul line1870 backline1890 trigger1891 centreline1920 by-line1936 stripe1967 society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [noun] > other lines linea1382 rulec1475 stroke1567 trig1648 ductor1658 style1690 pencil line1758 guideline1785 section-line1827 subhorizon1829 broken line1937 wiggle1942 1648 W. Davenant Vacation in London 98 Now Alderman in field does stand, With foot on Trig, a Quoit in hand. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 70/1 The Trigg is the place or mark on which the players are to set one foot, or foot the Trigg, when they deliuer their Bowles. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Trig, the point at which schoolboys stand to shoot their marbles at taw; also the spot whence bowlers deliver the bowl. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 22/1 He is also..to preserve the centre or trig line, especially in curves. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Trig, the starting line in a race, which may be either a stretched cord, a stick, a post, or an imaginary boundary. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Trig, (2) The mark from which a ball is delivered. < as lemmas |
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