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

b. to ride the stang: to be mounted astride of a pole borne on the shoulders of two men, and carried through the streets for the derision of the spectators.In some places in Scotland and the north of England, one who has in certain ways incurred the indignation of his or her fellow-villagers is compelled to ‘ride the stang’ (either personally, in effigy, or by proxy), accompanied by a jeering crowd and sometimes ‘rough music’. There is also a New Year's day custom by which every one met by the mob has either to ‘ride the stang’ or pay a forfeit.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > be ridiculed by procession

to ride (the) skimmington1697

to ride the stang1718

ran-tan1866

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 An mounted wi a Bang, Betweesh twa's Shouders..and rade the Stang On her that Day.

1740 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 152 Sundry riotous persons fin'd for carrying Ann Miln from her own house and causing her to ride the stang.

1782 Two Anc. Sc. Poems 154 When they cannot lay hold of the culprit himself, they put some young fellow on the stang or pole, who proclaims that it is not on his own account that he is thus treated, but on that of another person, whom he names.

1865 Athenæum 2 Sept. 313/3 An attempt was recently made, in Barnsley..to revive the old custom of ‘riding the stang’. That is, hoisting an offending man on to a staff, or a woman into a basket, and carrying them till the victims ransom themselves by paying a fine, spent in ‘drink’.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 5/2 On Thursday night the villagers expressed their indignation by the ceremony known as ‘riding the stang’. This consists of carrying an effigy of the person in question round the village.

1896 P. H. Ditchfield Old Eng. Customs 181 All who were found at work on the day of the feast had to ride the stang or pay a forfeit.

单词	to ride the stang
释义	> as lemmas to ride the stang b. to ride the stang: to be mounted astride of a pole borne on the shoulders of two men, and carried through the streets for the derision of the spectators.In some places in Scotland and the north of England, one who has in certain ways incurred the indignation of his or her fellow-villagers is compelled to ‘ride the stang’ (either personally, in effigy, or by proxy), accompanied by a jeering crowd and sometimes ‘rough music’. There is also a New Year's day custom by which every one met by the mob has either to ‘ride the stang’ or pay a forfeit. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > be ridiculed by procession to ride (the) skimmington1697 to ride the stang1718 ran-tan1866 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 An mounted wi a Bang, Betweesh twa's Shouders..and rade the Stang On her that Day. 1740 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 152 Sundry riotous persons fin'd for carrying Ann Miln from her own house and causing her to ride the stang. 1782 Two Anc. Sc. Poems 154 When they cannot lay hold of the culprit himself, they put some young fellow on the stang or pole, who proclaims that it is not on his own account that he is thus treated, but on that of another person, whom he names. 1865 Athenæum 2 Sept. 313/3 An attempt was recently made, in Barnsley..to revive the old custom of ‘riding the stang’. That is, hoisting an offending man on to a staff, or a woman into a basket, and carrying them till the victims ransom themselves by paying a fine, spent in ‘drink’. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 5/2 On Thursday night the villagers expressed their indignation by the ceremony known as ‘riding the stang’. This consists of carrying an effigy of the person in question round the village. 1896 P. H. Ditchfield Old Eng. Customs 181 All who were found at work on the day of the feast had to ride the stang or pay a forfeit. extracted from stangn.¹ < as lemmas
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