| 单词 | at butts | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasat butts  a.  A mound or other structure on which a target is placed for archery practice, typically one of a pair placed at the two ends of a range; (also) the target itself. Hence in later use: a mound or embankment in front of which the targets are placed for artillery, musketry, or rifle practice. Also in † at butts: at archery (obsolete).In archery often contrasted with prick n. 19a   and rover n.2 1a(a).stop-butt: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > 			[noun]		 > archery target bercelc1440 butt1440 shell1497 rover1511 standing pricka1525 round1531 popinjay1548 prick-mark1553 Turk1569 twelve (also twenty-four) score prick1569 garden butt1572 parrot1578 clout1584 hoyle1614 shaw-fowl1621 prick wanda1650 goal1662   Promptorium Parvulorum 		(Harl. 221)	 56  				But, or bertel, or bysselle, meta. 1458    in  Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 		(2007)	 1458/3/7  				Ande gif the parrochin be mekill, that thar be iij or iiij payre of buttis in sik placis as best accordis tharfor. 1477    Earl Rivers tr.  Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres 		(Caxton)	 		(1877)	 lf. 45  				An archier to faile of the butte is no wonder, but to hytte the prike is agreet maistrie. 1492–3    in  M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester 		(1901)	 II. 337  				The comons of the towne of Leycestre holdith a pece of grounde vpone the wiche they have 2 pare of buttes. a1529    J. Skelton Magnyfycence 		(?1530)	 sig. Ciiiiv  				Ye wante but a wylde flyeng bolte to shote at ye butt. 1542    A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth iv. sig. C.iii  				A payre of buttes is a decent thynge aboute a mansyon, & other whyle for a great man necessary it is for to passe his tyme with bowles in an aly. 1598    J. Stow Suruay of London 128  				An Artillerie yarde wherevnto the Gunners of the Tower doe weekely repaire..and there leuelling certaine Brasse peeces of great Artillerie against a butte of earth, made for that purpose, they discharge them for their exercise. 1642    E. Reynolds Israels Petition 13  				The arrow sticks in the Butt unto which the marke is fastned. 1675    C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 50  				But have a care, the little Guts Will be too hard for thee at Butts. 1697    J. Dryden tr.  Virgil Georgics  ii, in  tr.  Virgil Wks. 94  				The Groom his Fellow Groom at Buts  defies.       View more context for this quotation 1750    R. Heath Nat. & Hist. Acct. Scilly 433  				Buts, and Roving made them perfect in near, and well-aimed shooting. 1789    J. Byng Diary 28 June in  Torrington Diaries 		(1935)	 II. 106  				Low stone pillars, which are the roving butts that Lord A: shoots his arrows at. 1801    T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 293  				To shoot down the butts, to begin at the furthest, and end at the shortest butt. 1867    Leisure Hour July 477  				We..see..solid mounds of earth..These are the butts for the rifleman's practice. 1873    Act 36 & 37 Victoria lxxvii. §29  				Any butt or target belonging to..any naval artillery volunteer corps. 1915    ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand vi. 67  				Telephonic communication between firingpoint and butts is now established. That is to say, whenever Mr Cockerell rings the bell some one in the butts courteously rings back. 2011    Africa News 		(Nexis)	 15 Sept.  				Two football fields with 60 butts were used during competition while the practice butts were on another field on the same premises. 2014    Canberra Times 		(Nexis)	 28 Oct.  a8  				We are standing at the butts of a firing range in the Middle East, it is 35 degrees outside, and the soldier, who is scheduled to go to Iraq, is blunt. < as lemmas  | 
	
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