单词 | quoiting stone |
释义 | quoiting stonen. Now rare. A stone used for playing at quoits or (in Scotland) at curling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > [noun] > quoit quoiting stonea1400 quoitc1425 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > curling-stone quoiting stonea1400 curling-stone1638 stone1638 channel stone1789 rock1789 quoit1809 a1400 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Paris) (1929) 141 Platez la plate [glossed] the koiting stone..Engleis l'apelent plate; Mais platerel [glossed] a trendal fait a plater E la pelote a peluser. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 488/2 I Coyte. I play with a coyting stone. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 164 The stones used are called coits, or quoits, or coiting, or quoiting-stones. 1853 W. Watson Poems 71 The lee-side was cheer'd by the quoitin'-stane roar. 1864 J. B. Greenshields Ann. Parish Lesmahagow 210 Is quoting [sic] stone, or ‘kutty stane’, about the origin or root of which we are contending, a word so universally used among curlers as to induce them to discard ‘curling stone’? 1907–8 Trans. Stirling Nat. Hist. Soc. 176 The usual thumb and finger indentations, common to all kirty [sic] stones, are present, a round hole on top for the thumb and a deep longish slit on the under side for the fingers. 1969 R. Welsh Beginner's Guide Curling ii. 15 Kuting stones, channel stanes or loofies are the oldest curling implements known to us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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