| 单词 | chunk pole |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschunk pole chunk-yard or chunky-yard, a name given by the traders to a square area surrounded by a bank in Creek towns, used for ceremonials and games (including that of chungke). chunk pole or chunky pole; a pine-tree pillar on a low mound in the centre of the chunk-yard, on the top of which was placed an object to shoot at. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] ring?a1400 rink1489 game place1542 playing field1583 rink-room1594 stadium1603 cirque1644 xystus1664 amphitheatre1710 field1730 grandstand1754 chunk-yard1773 sports ground1862 park1867 sports field1877 pitch1895 close1898 sports centre1907 padang1909 sports stadium1911 bowl1913 field house1922 sportsdrome1951 sports complex1957 astrodome1964 dome1965 sportsplex1974 1773 Bartram Trav. Florida 518 (Bartl.) Vast tetragon terraces, chunk-yards, and obelisks or pillars of wood. 1860 H. D. Thoreau Let. 4 Nov. in Corr. (1958) 595 That memorable stone ‘chunk yard’, in which we made our humble camp. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times vii. 214 The ‘Chunk Yards’..are sometimes from six to nine hundred feet in length, being largest in the older towns... In the centre is a low mound, on which stands the Chunk Pole. < as lemmas |
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