pétanquen.

Brit.

/ˌpeɪˈtɒŋk/, U.S.

/ˌpeɪˈtɑŋk/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pétanque.

Etymology: < French pétanque (1932), apparently < Occitan pès tancats , literally ‘feet closed’ < pè foot ( < classical Latin pēs : see -ped comb. form) + tancar to close, enclose (ultimately < the same base as stanch v.).The game is said to have been invented in La Ciotat near Marseilles in 1910.

A southern French game similar to bowls, but played, usually on a sand or gravel surface, with metal balls which are thrown towards the jack; = boule n.⁴ 2.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > forms of

long bowl1497

byles1530

trule1568

portbowls1585

long bullets1679

boccia1827

bocce1828

trailing1902

boule1924

bias bowls1939

pétanque1955

1955 Times 8 Aug. 8/7 No longer the fraternal glass of pastis..no longer..the earnest game of pétanque, that travesty of bowls.

1967 G. Bellairs Single Ticket to Death i. 7 Littlejohn and Dorange were playing pétanque... The players, with a twist of the wrist, hurled their steel balls at the small wooden jack.

1977 Times 25 Apr. 16/7 The finals of the London pétanque championships.

1999 J. Harris Chocolat (2000) vi. 39 The square of red shingle where the old men play pétanque on fine evenings.

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

单词	pétanque
释义	pétanquen. Brit. /ˌpeɪˈtɒŋk/, U.S. /ˌpeɪˈtɑŋk/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pétanque. Etymology: < French pétanque (1932), apparently < Occitan pès tancats , literally ‘feet closed’ < pè foot ( < classical Latin pēs : see -ped comb. form) + tancar to close, enclose (ultimately < the same base as stanch v.).The game is said to have been invented in La Ciotat near Marseilles in 1910. A southern French game similar to bowls, but played, usually on a sand or gravel surface, with metal balls which are thrown towards the jack; = boule n.⁴ 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > forms of long bowl1497 byles1530 trule1568 portbowls1585 long bullets1679 boccia1827 bocce1828 trailing1902 boule1924 bias bowls1939 pétanque1955 1955 Times 8 Aug. 8/7 No longer the fraternal glass of pastis..no longer..the earnest game of pétanque, that travesty of bowls. 1967 G. Bellairs Single Ticket to Death i. 7 Littlejohn and Dorange were playing pétanque... The players, with a twist of the wrist, hurled their steel balls at the small wooden jack. 1977 Times 25 Apr. 16/7 The finals of the London pétanque championships. 1999 J. Harris Chocolat (2000) vi. 39 The square of red shingle where the old men play pétanque on fine evenings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955
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