英语词汇“at butts”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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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. Ciiii^v Ye wante but a wylde flyeng bolte to shote at y^e 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.

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.

单词	at butts
释义	> as lemmas at 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. Ciiii^v Ye wante but a wylde flyeng bolte to shote at y^e 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. extracted from buttn.⁷ < as lemmas
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