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单词 paume
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paumen.

Brit. /pəʊm/, /pɔːm/, U.S. /poʊm/, /pɔm/, /pɑm/
Forms: late Middle English paame, late Middle English pame, late Middle English pawme, 1500s 1900s– paume.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: palm n.2
Etymology: Originally a variant of palm n.2, now distinguished in form in the sense below. Compare jeu de paume n.
Now archaic and historical.
Originally: a game resembling tennis, in which opposing players struck a ball with gloved hands; = palm play n. at palm n.2 Compounds 2. In later use also: the game of real tennis. Cf. jeu de paume n.In quot. 1530: the ball used in real tennis.
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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
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 372 (MED) No man pley at tenys or pame wtyn the yeld halle.
c1471 Verses in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 573 At the paame ther ther plesure for to [take].
a1475 J. Shirley Death James (BL Add. 5467) in Miscellanea Scotica (1818) II. 16 (MED) Whane he playd there at the pawme, the ballis that he plaid withe oft ranne yn at that fowle hole.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 252/2 Paume to play at tennys with, paulme.
1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways i. 178 He was..my rival..at paume and tennis he always won.
1921 J. Buchan Path of King vii. 142 He was a tall young man, very noble to look upon, with a flushed face like a boy warm from the game of paume.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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