单词 | longboard |
释义 | longboardn. 1. In a plough: a long mouldboard (mouldboard n.1 a). Now chiefly historical. Cf. shortboard n. at short adj., n., and adv. Additions. ΚΠ 1861 Ulster Mag. Dec. 83 (advt.) Prize [for] two-horse swing plough, with long board, £4 10 0. 1898 Southern Times (Bunbury, W. Austral.) 17 Sept. 2/5 Prizes..will be awarded in the undermentioned classes..Single furrow Plough (long board)..Digging Plough (short board), [etc.]. 1945 Daily Advertiser (New S. Wales) 14 June 5/1 (advt.) For sale..Plough, longboards, D foot. 2. A type of long ski. Usually in plural (except in attributive use). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > ski > type of roller ski1930 sit-ski1948 longboard1950 monoski1953 grass ski1970 snowblade1990 1950 Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montana) 24 Dec. 4/4 Although she readily admits she is still a novice, she should handle her longboards with considerable dexterity if she improves as rapidly in skiing as she did in bowling. 1964 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 7 Apr. 26/1 They'll race down a set track to see which is fastest—the vintage longboards of skiing days gone by or the shorter skis used in today's races. 2010 Indian Valley Record (Greenville, Calif.) (Nexis) 6 Jan. The Plumas Ski Club travelled to Mammoth Mountain last year to demonstrate longboard racing for the Ski History Congress. 3. A type of long surfboard, typically nine feet (approx. 2.7 metres) or longer in length. Now also: a long skateboard or snowboard. Cf. shortboard n. at short adj., n., and adv. Additions.The surfboards so named were originally the ordinary kind and hence may only have received this designation after the appearance of the shortboard. In the following quotations long and short are probably simply ad hoc descriptions of especially long and short surfboards: 1935 T. Blake Hawaiian Surfboard iii. 52 Duke Kahanamoku built his great 16-foot hollow redwood board along about the same time [1910]... Duke did some of the most beautiful riding I have ever seen on his new long board. 1935 T. Blake Hawaiian Surfboard iii. 60 About 1903 we used a short board a few feet long, rather thin and wide, like a wash board. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > types of paddle-board1785 bellyboard1957 pig-board1959 malibu1962 gun1963 hot dog1963 pop-out1963 sausage board1963 skim-board1965 wakeboard1966 log1967 pintail1967 longboard1970 boogie board1976 bodyboard1979 thruster1982 mini-mal1988 funboard1992 kitesurfer1994 kiteboard1996 quad1999 1970 Big Spring (Texas) Herald 2 Apr. 2 a (caption) At left is Dennis Heussner, captain of the Australian surf team and national longboard champion. 1995 R. Reichenfeld & A. M. Bruechert Snowboarding ii. 24 Longboards are specialist boards designed for big mountains, deep snow, and wide open spaces. 2006 USA Today (Nexis) 21 June 3 c As with regular skateboards, longboards have their gnarly roots in surfing. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Aug. 14 Because Britain rarely gets roaring Hawaiian-style surf, longboards, which start at about 9ft (2.7 metres), can be a better option because they work well in moderate conditions. Compounds longboard plough n. now chiefly historical a type of plough having a long mouldboard. ΚΠ 1878 Leader (Melbourne) 16 Mar. 7/2 Despite repeated trials to the contrary, [he] represents the long-board ploughs..as being both much lighter in draught, and..better adapted for farm purposes. 1938 Scotsman 28 Jan. 6/7 There were 24 competitors comprising 21 longboard ploughs and three dux ploughs. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles xxxviii. 310 (caption) A long-board plough before an Orkney stackyard. 1999 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 25 Oct. 11 The Cotswold Carthorse Society attended [the exhibition] with..a wooden Gloster longboard plough pulled by three horses, probably the only surviving example. Derivatives ˈlongboarder n. a person who rides a longboard (in sense 3) or participates in longboarding. ΚΠ 1974 Surfing Mag. Dec. 67/1 Recycled longboarder Vern Lewis has run in underground surf circles since 1958 when he won a woodie in a raffle. 1986 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 10 Jan. The idea for the museum came from members of the Santa Cruz Longboarders Union. 1994 Surf Mag. No. 22. 66/2 The rest of us—the old gits, the longboarders and those who know better—will be paddling out on our functional but not-so-hip-boards. 2014 Alberni Valley (Brit. Columbia) Times (Nexis) 28 Jan. a4 Longboarders who seek out steep streets..are looking for speed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1861 |
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