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Lido|ˈliːdəʊ|
[Venetian It. lido:—L. litus shore.]
The name of a spit of land, a famous beach resort near Venice, now used gen. for: such a spit enclosing a lagoon; a bathing-beach or resort; a public open-air swimming-pool.
[1611Coryat Crudities 160 Venice..is distant from the maine Sea about the space of 3 miles. From the which it is deuided by a certaine great banke called litto maggior, which is at the least fifty miles in length.] 1673J. Ray Observations Journey Low-Countries 149 These Lagune are..separated from the main Gulf or Adriatic Sea by a bank of earth (il Lito or Lido they call it). a1680Evelyn Diary an. 1645 (1955) II. 433 A loud acclamation is Echod by the greate Guns of the Arsenale, and at the Liddo. 1860E. Hall Diary 17 Oct. in O. A. Sherrard Two Victorian Girls (1966) ii. 273 We took the boat to the Lido..and caught our first view of the Adriatic. 1930Morning Post 16 July 5/4 The question of the safety of bathers in the Serpentine ‘Lido’ was raised at an inquest..yesterday. 1931Daily Express 16 Oct. 8/2 {pstlg}60,000 lido for England. The bathing pool and sun-bathing beach which the Hastings Corporation has just decided to construct [etc.]. 1934Discovery Aug. 215/1 The broad sandspit or lido separating the lagoons from the sea. 1935‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof xiii. 259 What are you doing with all those deck-chairs..? Going to set up as a Lido proprietor? 1953B. Goolden Truth is Fallen xi. 175 ‘I haven't got any bathing things here.’ ‘Why on earth should we want them? It is not a Lido.’ 1961Guardian 24 Apr. 7/3 The Lido deck. 1969V. Canning Queen's Pawn xiii. 231 He went..out on to the One Deck Lido. 1971Country Life 6 May 1106/3 Luino is a clean and pleasant place with several hotels, a lido and camping. 1975M. Kenyon Mr Big xxi. 204 All his free time was spent..semi-nude at the Serpentine lido. |