单词 | cricket bat |
释义 | cricket batn. = bat n.2 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > bat cricket-staff?1575 cricket bat1622 bat1706 willow1846 willow weapon1850 driver1883 1622 in H. Johnstone Churchwardens' Presentments Pt. I: Archdeanery of Chichester (1949) 27 A litle childe had like to have her braynes beaten out with a cricket batt. 1648 Quarter Sessions Rec. (West Sussex Rec. Office: QRW/61) f. 63 A wound in the head given him by one Thomas Latter of the sayd parish with a Cricket bat. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 130 The Indians had nothing in their Hands but a Club, like to our Cricket-Batts. 1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. ii. 48 Her room was in a turret over a sort of lumber-room, where the game-keeper kept his nets and his rods, and where Orlando used to deposit his bow, his cricket-bats, and other instruments of sport. 1824 Lancet 5 June 297/1 I have known it happen in consequence of blows from cricket bats and balls. 1860 All Year Round 28 Apr. 58 I observe a sheaf of cricket-bats in the corner. 1914 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 Mar. 18/4 Mr. W. F. March, the Surveyor, has offered a cricket bat to the member of the Frankfield Club who gets the best average in first-class matches. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xiv. 275 We arrived at the station and before a word was said the duty officer presented us with a cricket bat which he asked me to sign. Compounds C1. Objective. cricket-bat maker n. ΚΠ 1834 Morning Chron. 13 June Mr. Benjamin Dark, cricket-bat maker, St. John's Wood, was also summoned for a similar offence. 2001 I. Roberts Adv. Leisure & Recreation iii. 165 Someone who sells sports goods will be classified as a retailer, a cricket-bat maker will probably fall into joinery and carpentry. cricket bat making n. ΚΠ 1894 Ipswich Jrnl. 1 Dec. 4/2 (advt.) Wanted to purchase any quantity of Willow Trees;..must be first-class quality and suitable for cricket bat making. 2007 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 7 Dec. 5 History lovers can learn about cricket bat making at Chiddingstone Castle. C2. cricket bat willow n. a variety of the white willow, Salix alba var. caerulea, frequently grown in Britain for its wood, which is used for making cricket bats; cf. bat-willow n. at bat n.2 Compounds.Of obscure origin, the cricket bat willow is sometimes regarded as a subspecies or a cultivar. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow red willow1547 water willow1583 goat's willow1597 rose willow1597 sweet willow1597 French willow1601 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallowie1610 swallowtail willow1626 willow bay1650 black willow1670 crack-willow1670 grey willow1697 water sallow1761 almond willowa1763 swallow-tailed willow1764 swamp willow1765 golden osier1772 golden willow1772 purple willow1773 sand-willow1786 goat willow1787 purple osier1797 whipcord1812 Arctic willow1818 sage-willow1846 pussy willow1851 Kilmarnock willow1854 sweet-bay willow1857 pussy1858 palm willow1869 Spaniard1871 ground-willow1875 Spanish willow1875 snap-willow1880 diamond willow1884 sandbar willow1884 pussy palm1886 creeping willow1894 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 silver willow1914 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow willowa750 withy961 osierc1175 withenc1230 withec1340 yolster1387 willow-treec1425 osier tree1500 wailea1510 wrig1564 spert1578 seal1579 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallow withe1657 gelster1670 wilger1682 osier willow1693 werg1707 weeping willow1731 sollar1733 salix1775 red osier1807 mourning willow1813 palm willow1869 fen-oak1886 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 sedge-willow1908 1907 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 8. 311 There is no timber so profitable at the present time as that of the Cricket Bat Willow. 1940 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Trees 122 The Cricket-bat Willow. Salix coerulea... The wood is elastic, light, and tough and has been found the most suitable for making cricket bats. 2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 55/2 One of the most valuable cultivated willows is Salix alba var. caerulea, commonly known as the cricket bat willow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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