| 单词 | lawn billiards |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslawn billiards lawn billiards n. = troco n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > games resembling croquet > [noun] closh1477 lawn billiards1873 troco1882 roque1899 golf-croquet1920 1873 Young Englishwoman Nov. 572/2 Jean would feel obliged if the Editor would tell her..if lawn billiards can be played on a croquet lawn?.. Is there a book of rules on lawn billiards? 1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate I. xvi. 213 Hunting, shooting, fishing,..lawn-billiards. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (Annandale) Troco, an old English game revived, formerly known as ‘lawn-billiards’..played on a lawn with wooden balls and a cue ending in a spoon-shaped iron projection. [But app. never so called in English. See trucks n.] 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 934/2 The game [billiards] was at one time played on a lawn, like modern croquet... A later form of ‘lawn billiards’ again enjoyed a brief popularity during the latter half of the 19th century. < as lemmas |
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