| 单词 | gage of battle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgage of battle 2. spec. A pledge (usually a glove thrown on the ground) of a person's appearance to do battle in support of his assertions. Hence, a challenge. Also gage of battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > token or pledge of challenge gage13.. wedc1330 glovea1400 pledge1590 pawn1597 society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to appeala1450 provocation1484 challenge1530 defya1586 gagea1592 dare1594 defiance1597 13.. K. Alis. 7236 He with-seith alle homage; And sendeth you, by sonde, gage. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 865 Thanne Sire Piers, that was so dowhty A knyht..Aȝens kyng Marahans put his Gage. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxi. 123 He accused one of treason, the whiche anone casted his gage of bataylle vnto hym. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccci. 445 Caste downe your gage in that quarell, and ye shall fynde him that shall take it vp. a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Biiv I will pawne my honor to his gage, He shall ere night be met and combatted. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. lviii. 86 There take my gage, behold I offer it To him that first accus'd him in this cause. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 147 A gauntlet flung down is a gage of knightly battle. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. iii. 72 He was going to throw down a very ugly gage of battle. < as lemmas |
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