释义 |
ˈkemping, vbl. n. [f. kemp v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb kemp.
1793Statist. Acc. Scotl., Dumfr. VII. 303 A boon of shearers..turned into large grey stones, on account of their kemping, i.e. striving. 1816Scott Antiq. xxviii, A soldier, my lord; and mony a sair day's kemping I've seen. 1851H. Stephens Bk. Farm. (ed. 2) II. 335/2 A desire frequently arises for striving, or what is..called Kemping..to finish the reaping of their ridges before those who had entered theirs prior to them. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Kempin, a contest between reapers in the harvest field. |