| 单词 | cornish wrestling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCornish wrestling Cornish wrestling n. a local form of wrestling in which contestants, wearing loose canvas jackets, try to throw their opponent by grappling, tripping, and other techniques; cf. Cornish hug at hug n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > types of wrestling catch as catch cana1393 in-play1713 Cumberland and Westmorland (style, etc.)1823 Cornish wrestling1824 arm-wrestling1846 professional wrestling1884 sumo1893 all in1934 mud-wrestling1936 lucha libre1943 wrist-wrestling1973 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cornw. 197 The Cornish are Masters of the Art of Wrestling... Their Hugg is a cunning close with their fellow-combitant, the fruits whereof is his fair fall, or foil at the least. It is figuratively appliable to the deceitfull dealing of such, who secretly design their overthrow, whom they openly embrace. 1713 T. Parkyns (title) The inn-play; or, Cornish-hugg wrestler.] 1824 T. Hogg Fabulous Hist. Cornwall 69 (title) The first Cornish wrestling. 1889 in W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) Index 296/2 Cornish wrestling. 1957 Encycl. Brit. VI. 463/1 Cornish wrestling is confined to Cornwall and Brittany. 1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 11/4 Thursday's senior Cornish wrestling championships were won by J. Dorning (St. Helens), with M. Roberts (Portsmouth) second. < as lemmas |
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