madisonn.1
/ˈmadᵻs(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmædəsən/ Cycling.
A relay race for teams of (usually) two riders, traditionally lasting for six days, but frequently of much shorter duration. Also attributive in madison race.The earliest six-day races (apparently referred to at the time as ‘Six Days’ and ‘Grinds’) were for individual competitors; the first team event was held in 1899.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > types of
century1883
pursuit1897
madison1927
omnium1947
pursuiter1951
cyclo-cross1953
keirin1957
kermesse1963
bicycle motocross1973
cyclosportive1999
alley cat2003
sportive2005
1927 Observer 10 Apr. 28/3 The programme will also include a 20 kilometres ‘Madison’ race—in which the riders compete in pairs.
1951 Cycling 10 May 498/1 The professional sprinter may be seen in Madison and six-day races.
1977 B. George Bicycle Track Racing 38 The most prestigious, most demanding..of all the all-around track events is the Madison, or team race... A track race for teams of two or three riders each, the Madison can last six days or six hours.
1992 Bicycle Feb. 98/2 We're a very successful team together; we think along the same lines and are both technically similar in the way we race. So not having madisons put us at a disadvantage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Madisonn.2
/ˈmadᵻs(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmædəsən/ Originally U.S.
With the. (The name of) a group dance popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > group dances
Circassian circle1888
snake-dance1931
conga1935
palais glide1936
Big Apple1937
Madison1960
1960 Billboard 18 Apr. 36/3 The Madison, the new dance fad, is only one of the dance tempos featured in this set.
1962 Listener 27 Dec. 1074/2 Girls in traditional Kimono dancing the twist or the Madison.
1966 Punch 25 May 768/2 We found the Bishop and Dolly Girl an hour later. She was teaching him the rudimentary technique of The Madison.
1969 C. Booker Neophiliacs vii. 177 In the same month of October [1962]..the unknown Beatles first joined the fashionable beat of the Madison in the charts.
1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 253/2 They ratified such dances as the twist, the hully gully, and the Madison.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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