单词 | chock-hole |
释义 | > as lemmaschock-hole chock-hole n. (a) an obstruction or rut in a road or track; (now esp.) a pothole; cf. sense A. 2, chuck-hole n. (now chiefly U.S.); (b) = sense A. 1. ΚΠ 1848 Blackburn Standard 18 Oct. The off wheel went against a small chock-hole in the street, by which means the cart was upset. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 116 Chock or Chock-hole, a game at marbles played by chocking or pitching marbles into a hole made for this purpose, instead of shooting at a ring. a1864 J. Clare Midsummer Cushion (1990) 211 The time-killing lonly shepherd boys..Their chockholes form & chalk their marble ring. 1873 Arthur's Illustr. Home Mag. Mar. 187/2 Just then one forewheel of the buggy went down into a chock-hole at the lower end of the bridge, and threw them both forward with a jerk. 1922 Lumber 24 Feb. 18/1 The road along the Clackamas is very rough and full of chock holes. 1980 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 16 Apr. 4/5 My complaint about chock-holes in Ransom City Streets. 2005 T. Collins in T. Collins et al. Encycl. Trad. Brit. Rural Sports 182/1 ‘Chock’..is also known as ‘chock hole’, ‘dumps’ and ‘hoilakes’. < as lemmas |
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