pelotan.

Brit.

/pᵻˈlɒtə/,

/pɛˈlɒtə/,

/pᵻˈləʊtə/,

/pɛˈləʊtə/, U.S.

/pəˈloʊdə/

Forms: 1800s– pelota, 1900s– pelote.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish pelota, pellota.

Etymology: < Spanish pelota (1196 as pellota, denoting any of a variety of games played using a small ball), specific use of pelota ball (see pellet n.¹). Compare Basque pilota ( < Spanish).In form pelote (compare quot. 1921 at sense 2) apparently after French pelote (1921 or earlier). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (pĕlō·tă) /peˈloːta/.

1. A ball game of Spanish origin, played in a walled or enclosed court, in which the players catch and return the ball using either their bare hands or a basket-like racket fastened to the hand. Cf. jai alai n.The modern professional game of pelota vasca (‘Basque pelota’) developed in the Basque Country in the late 19th cent.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other racket games > [noun]

pelota1807

stické1903

jai alai1910

racquetball1965

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. lxxi. 308 I know not whether Christoval de Mesa would have said of this sort of walking or of running, as he did of the game of pelota.

1844 Colburn's United Service Mag. Apr. 492 To see a Spaniard at a festival, a bull-fight, or the rustic game of pelota, no one would conceive him given to melancholy.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 May 8/2 A new outdoor game, played in the Basque provinces and at Buenos Ayres, will be seen in London this summer. It may be roughly described as a combination of racquets and tennis, and it goes by the name of pelota.

1921 Times 17 Oct. 13/6 Ascain has its derelict courts, in which the game of pelota used to be played, their big paving-stones now disarranged.

1994 New Scientist 15 Oct. (Future Suppl.) 26/1 Come and learn to play pelota, the fastest racket-and-ball game in the world.

2. The ball used in the game of pelota.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other racket games > [noun] > ball used for playing pelota

pelota1906

1906 Times 5 Jan. 9/5 The side beginning the service shall serve the ‘pelota’ against the wall.

1921 K. Fedden Basque Country xxi. 185 Pelote is a beautiful game to watch... The pelote is a ball, small and very hard.

1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 219 The pelota continues in play until it falls in illegal territory.

2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 May 51 Players [of jai alai] use woven baskets, called cestas, to hurl balls, called pelotas.

Compounds

General attributive, as pelota ball, pelota court, pelota play, etc.

ΚΠ

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 370 The Torre del Homenage, of ‘Homage’,..rises at the end of the Pelota, or fives court.

1879 J. S. Campion On Foot in Spain iii. 34 The pelota ball weighs three ounces, and is..like..a racket-ball.

1902 Daily Chron. 26 June 4/3 We want to see the sturdy Basque at his pelota play.

1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxix. 251 He was showing Hero how to hold a pelota racquet.

1996 Condé Nast Traveler June 109 The air whirs in Biarritz for another reason: June marks the start of the pelota season.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pelota
释义	pelotan. Brit. /pᵻˈlɒtə/, /pɛˈlɒtə/, /pᵻˈləʊtə/, /pɛˈləʊtə/, U.S. /pəˈloʊdə/ Forms: 1800s– pelota, 1900s– pelote. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish pelota, pellota. Etymology: < Spanish pelota (1196 as pellota, denoting any of a variety of games played using a small ball), specific use of pelota ball (see pellet n.¹). Compare Basque pilota ( < Spanish).In form pelote (compare quot. 1921 at sense 2) apparently after French pelote (1921 or earlier). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (pĕlō·tă) /peˈloːta/. 1. A ball game of Spanish origin, played in a walled or enclosed court, in which the players catch and return the ball using either their bare hands or a basket-like racket fastened to the hand. Cf. jai alai n.The modern professional game of pelota vasca (‘Basque pelota’) developed in the Basque Country in the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other racket games > [noun] pelota1807 stické1903 jai alai1910 racquetball1965 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. lxxi. 308 I know not whether Christoval de Mesa would have said of this sort of walking or of running, as he did of the game of pelota. 1844 Colburn's United Service Mag. Apr. 492 To see a Spaniard at a festival, a bull-fight, or the rustic game of pelota, no one would conceive him given to melancholy. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 May 8/2 A new outdoor game, played in the Basque provinces and at Buenos Ayres, will be seen in London this summer. It may be roughly described as a combination of racquets and tennis, and it goes by the name of pelota. 1921 Times 17 Oct. 13/6 Ascain has its derelict courts, in which the game of pelota used to be played, their big paving-stones now disarranged. 1994 New Scientist 15 Oct. (Future Suppl.) 26/1 Come and learn to play pelota, the fastest racket-and-ball game in the world. 2. The ball used in the game of pelota. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other racket games > [noun] > ball used for playing pelota pelota1906 1906 Times 5 Jan. 9/5 The side beginning the service shall serve the ‘pelota’ against the wall. 1921 K. Fedden Basque Country xxi. 185 Pelote is a beautiful game to watch... The pelote is a ball, small and very hard. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 219 The pelota continues in play until it falls in illegal territory. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 May 51 Players [of jai alai] use woven baskets, called cestas, to hurl balls, called pelotas. Compounds General attributive, as pelota ball, pelota court, pelota play, etc. ΚΠ 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 370 The Torre del Homenage, of ‘Homage’,..rises at the end of the Pelota, or fives court. 1879 J. S. Campion On Foot in Spain iii. 34 The pelota ball weighs three ounces, and is..like..a racket-ball. 1902 Daily Chron. 26 June 4/3 We want to see the sturdy Basque at his pelota play. 1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxix. 251 He was showing Hero how to hold a pelota racquet. 1996 Condé Nast Traveler June 109 The air whirs in Biarritz for another reason: June marks the start of the pelota season. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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