单词 | coachmanship |
释义 | coachmanshipn. 1. The performance of a coachman; skill in driving a coach. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill in managing or directing conductc1515 conveyance?1531 convoyance1578 conduction1579 direction1585 leading1598 managementa1715 generalship1759 coachmanship1776 stick-handling1969 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle coachmanship1776 drivership1792 whip1792 whipmanship1797 whip-craft1865 1776 G. Steevens Let. Jan. in Garrick's Corr. (1832) II. 122 Your Antony and Cleopatra was a splendid performance; but..it afforded you few opportunities of showing..that coachmanship in which you excel all others. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 326 His skill in coachmanship or driving chaise. View more context for this quotation 1787 G. Colman Prose Several Occasions III. 224 Their..skill in Coachmanship to show. 1802 W. Dyott Diary 8 June (1907) I. 215 The ship..ran immediately in for the quay, which required good coachmanship, as it was a very narrow passage and blowing hard. 1843 I. F. Romer Rhone I. 245 To think it incumbent upon him to display his best coachmanship. 2. Coaching, instructing; ability or skill in this. Cf. coach v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [noun] lore971 wissingc1000 wordloreOE teachingc1175 kenningc1320 lering1377 learningc1380 disciplinea1382 doctrinec1384 ensignment1398 instruction?a1439 schoolc1449 schoolingc1449 document?a1500 instructing1516 entechmenta1522 institution1531 teachment1562 repasting1567 tuition1582 lessoning1583 tutoring1590 loring1596 tutorage1638 indoctrination1646 principling1649 tutorya1713 tutorhood1752 didactic1754 documenting1801 pupillizing1815 tutorizing1837 tutorization1842 tutelagea1856 coachmanship1873 preception1882 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xxxviii. 156 For devotion in coachmanship..I defy the world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1776 |
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