| 单词 | trippet-stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrippet-stick a. The piece of wood pointed at the ends used in tip-cat; the ‘cat’; also the game itself. Also attributive, as trippet-stick. northern dialect. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] > equipment trippetc1440 cat1598 tipcat1676 piggy1862 piggy-stick1968 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] cat's-pellet1609 trippet1624 cat1626 kit-cat1665 cat's-play1668 tipcat1801 cat and dog1808 piggy1862 piggy-and-stick1932 kennetjie1947 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 503/1 Trypet, tripula, trita. 1624 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1885) III. Fr. Milnes ordered to be whipped for that he..did on Easter day last in the time of afternoon service play in the Churchyard at Aislaby at a game called Trippett. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Trippit and Coit, a game similar to spell and ore... Called Trippit and Rack in parts of North. The trippit is a small piece of wood obtusely pointed. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Trippet, the ‘cat’ or piece of wood in the game of tip-cat... The player with his bat, called a trippet stick, strikes it smartly at the end, which causes it to rise in a rotatory motion, high enough to strike it before it falls. 1873 J. Harland & T. T. Wilkinson Lancs. Legends 152 Trippet. This game is played in the fields..It is still practised by the colliers... The trippet is about two inches long, and is made of holly. < as lemmas |
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