| 单词 | to hold or keep stale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold or keep (one's) stale 1. A fixed position or station. to hold or keep (one's) stale [= Old French tenir (son) estal] : to maintain one's position in battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold out or make stand [verb (intransitive)] standOE hold1154 to maintain one's owna1375 to hold or keep (one's) stalec1450 subsist1588 to hold out1769 c1450 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 123 And at pavelen..þe Erle of Dorzet helde is stale, and þer he toke prisoners. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. xi. 179 And syr Florence with his C knyghtes alwey kepte the stale and foughte manly. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 97 [Thai] ordanit, that the mast party Of thair men suld gang sarraly With thar lordis, and hald a staill [1489 Adv. stale]. < as lemmas |
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