| 单词 | halfpull |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-pull half-pull n. Campanology a single stroke (handstroke or backstroke) used in a sequence of changes (now constituting the usual method of ringing, in contrast to the whole pull: see whole pull n. at whole adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1b). ΘΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific set peal16.. grandsire1668 whole pull1668 bob1671 peal1671 course1677 set changes1677 single1684 single change1688 Plain Bob1702 Stedman1731 Superlative Surprise1788 touch1788 triple1798 triple bob major1809 maximus1813 royal1813 call changes1837 slam1854 cater1872 cinques1872 triple change1872 plain hunt1874 plain hunting1874 quarter peal1888 method1901 short course1904 1668 Tintinnalogia 55 In Ringing Half-pulls, some Peals do cut Compass, that is—the whole hunt comes to lead at the Back-stroke. 1788 W. Jones et al. Key Art of Ringing 9 As the first half-pull sets the bell up at back-stroke..; so the next half-pull brings her at hand or fore-stroke, which is the position we suppose her to have set off from. 1962 G. E. Evans Ask Fellows who cut Hay (ed. 2) xviii. 142 The advantages of the full wheel or half-pull system is that the bell is better balanced and..that the ringer gets fore and back strokes, as they are called. 2009 L. Harry Springtime in Burracombe (e-book ed.) Changing every half-pull—stands to reason they can't give the same concentration to their striking. half-pull half-pull n. Bell-ringing (see quot.). ΚΠ 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 90 Ringing at Half-pulls is now the modern general Practice: that is, when one Change is made at Fore-stroke, another at Back-stroke, etc. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon iii. 36 What the trade would probably consider a ‘pull’ is, in ringing, termed only a half-pull. < as lemmas |
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