Lawfordn.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːfəd/, U.S.

/ˈlɔfərd/,

/ˈlɑfərd/

Etymology: < the name of Herbert F. Lawford (1851–1925), British tennis player.

Tennis.

Used attributively to designate a powerful forehand stroke or drive considered characteristic of Lawford's play.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of stroke or ball

unreturnable1740

boasted1878

volleyed1878

overhand1881

back-handed1889

forehand1889

forehanded1889

Lawford1893

overhead1904

undercut1920

kicking1924

overarm1929

two-fisted1960

sliced1971

inside-out1977

inside-in1999

1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) x. 230 The invention of this [horizontal] stroke is attributed to Mr. Lawford, and forms a most valuable addition to the power of attack.]

1893 J. Dwight Pract. Lawn-Tennis ii. 35 It has been the fashion in America to call any hard underhand stroke..the ‘Lawford’ stroke.

1914 Outing 64 424/1 To the fellow who can play a Lawford underhand as well as side wheel, the low, bounding chop stroke is meat and drink!

1936 E. C. Potter Kings of Court ii. 20 This forehand became so well known and so feared that some years later it was christened the ‘Lawford stroke’.

1936 E. C. Potter Kings of Court ii. 20 Long after Lawford retired novices cried, ‘I've got it! The Lawford stroke!’

1977 New Yorker 25 July 60/2 Few players could cope with this fearsome forehand—‘the Lawford stroke’, as it came to be called.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lawford
释义	Lawfordn. Brit. /ˈlɔːfəd/, U.S. /ˈlɔfərd/, /ˈlɑfərd/ Etymology: < the name of Herbert F. Lawford (1851–1925), British tennis player. Tennis. Used attributively to designate a powerful forehand stroke or drive considered characteristic of Lawford's play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of stroke or ball unreturnable1740 boasted1878 volleyed1878 overhand1881 back-handed1889 forehand1889 forehanded1889 Lawford1893 overhead1904 undercut1920 kicking1924 overarm1929 two-fisted1960 sliced1971 inside-out1977 inside-in1999 1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) x. 230 The invention of this [horizontal] stroke is attributed to Mr. Lawford, and forms a most valuable addition to the power of attack.] 1893 J. Dwight Pract. Lawn-Tennis ii. 35 It has been the fashion in America to call any hard underhand stroke..the ‘Lawford’ stroke. 1914 Outing 64 424/1 To the fellow who can play a Lawford underhand as well as side wheel, the low, bounding chop stroke is meat and drink! 1936 E. C. Potter Kings of Court ii. 20 This forehand became so well known and so feared that some years later it was christened the ‘Lawford stroke’. 1936 E. C. Potter Kings of Court ii. 20 Long after Lawford retired novices cried, ‘I've got it! The Lawford stroke!’ 1977 New Yorker 25 July 60/2 Few players could cope with this fearsome forehand—‘the Lawford stroke’, as it came to be called. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893
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