| 单词 | to give the hare a turn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give the hare a turn 22. Coursing. The act, by a hare when closely pursued, of suddenly turning and making off more or less in the opposite direction, or at a considerable angle from the direction of pursuit. Also in to give the hare a turn: (of a hound) to force the hare to turn through more than 90 degrees. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [noun] rusec1425 rusingc1425 trasoning1575 turn1575 wile1692 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > other actions of hounds to be at bayc1515 blemish1575 to give the hare a turn1575 wrench1686 lurch1824 meuse1827 stream1849 smeuse1851 water1855 to run into shot1884 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [verb (intransitive)] > hunt in particular way to give the hare a turn1575 to run mute1677 flemish1857 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > movement of risea1425 turn1575 whid1786 1575 G. Gascoigne Short Obseruation Coursing with Greyhoundes in Noble Arte Venerie 246 A Cote is when a Greyhounde goeth endways by his fellow & giueth the Hare a turne (which is called setting a Hare aboute). 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 30 A Greyhound..gave Chase to one of them, and at last gave her a turn. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. iii. viii. 212/1 It is a Turn if the hare is forced more than 45 degrees, and one point is to be scored. 1975 Financial Times 3 Apr. 33/4 Points are awarded for technical accomplishments such as a ‘turn’ (when a dog forces a hare to turn through more than 90 degrees). < as lemmas |
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