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单词 long tennis
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long tennis
long tennis n. [probably after French longue paume, tennis played in an open court (1585 in Middle French in jouer à la longue paume to play this form of tennis).] Obsolete (historical in later use) an early form of tennis, played outdoors in an open court (see the note at tennis n. 1).
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paume1467
palm playa1547
long tennis1653
palm-playing1870
jeu de paume1880
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiii. 101 They played at the ball, the long-tennis [Fr. à la paume], and at the Piletrigone.
1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was I. xxix. 339 A large piece of turf, where..the Parisian youths amuse themselves at foot-ball, prison-bars, and long tennis.
1912 Harper's Weekly 16 Nov. 25/2 There was the indoor game called ‘short tennis,’ and the outdoor game known as ‘long tennis’.
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