| 单词 | gymkhana club |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgymkhana club ‘A place of public resort at a station, where the needful facilities for athletics and games of sorts are provided’ (Y.). Hence (esp. in European use), an athletic sports display. Now spec. a meeting at which horses and their riders take part in games and contests; also a competition designed to test driving skill. Also attributive, as gymkhana club, gymkhana meeting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle gamea1387 sports1535 Olympic Games1636 gymkhana1861 meet1893 sportfest1919 summer games1928 sportsfest1953 Commonwealth Games1954 motorkhana1954 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > riding competition riding tournament1876 gymkhana1933 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > other motor-driving events trial1926 roadeo1940 demolition derby1950 slalom1965 gymkhana1966 thrash1972 1861 [‘The first use of it that we can trace is (on the authority of Major John Trotter) at Rurki in 1861, when a gymkhana was instituted there’.—Y.] 1877 Pioneer Mail 3 Nov. Their proposals are that the Cricket Club should include in their programme the games, etc., proposed by the promoters of a gymkhana Club. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 755/2 We intended to have a gymkhana meeting in the afternoon. 1896 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 5 The Duke and Duchess..were present..at a bicycle gymkhana in the grounds. 1900 N. Newnham-Davis Transvaal under Q. 30 The race-meeting only differed from the gymkhanas in the fact that we had stewards for the former. 1933 A. Blewitt Ponies & Children viii. 120 Nowadays gymkhanas have become very much the fashion. 1955 Times 20 Aug. 3/1 Miss Valerie Engelmann is leading by five points from Miss Pat Moss in the gymkhana points competition which is proving a popular feature of this show. 1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 5 Gymkhana, a tight, low speed sports car competition, in which only one car at a time runs a course. 1970 G. Wheatley Let's start Riding xxiv. 164 Gymkhanas can be great fun and there are many different events and games for which one can enter, if one has a fast, handy pony. < as lemmas |
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