A piece of stone of a definite form and size (usually artificially shaped), used for some special… A heavy stone used in athletic sports. Phrases, t…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball > weight, shot, or discus (7) stonec1300 A piece of stone of a definite form and size (usually artificially shaped), used for some special… A heavy stone used in athletic sports. Phrases, t… dishc1384 A quoit; quoit-playing. Obsolete. discus1581 Athletics. A heavy thick-centred disc thrown in ancient and modern athletic sports, the object being to throw the disc as far as possible. Cf. quoit… disc1665 A discus; the game or sport of throwing the discus. Now rare. putting stone1716 A heavy stone used in the Highland sport of putting (putting, n.1 2). weight1865 Athletics. A heavy lump of stone, or ball of metal, which is thrown from one hand placed close to the shoulder. Commonly in the Scottish phrase pu… shot1881 Hence, an iron globe like a cannon ball, used in the sport of ‘putting the shot’ (or ‘weight’): see put, v. 4. Also occasionally the sport of… |
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