单词 | long tennis |
释义 | > as lemmaslong tennis ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > palm-play palmOE 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’. < as lemmas |
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