单词 | ring-walk |
释义 | ring-walkn. Now historical. A circuitous walk undertaken by a hunter in order to check the intended course preparatory to a hunt. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > beating, etc. stablyc1400 ring-walk1575 breviting1600 battue1816 beat1876 bush-drive1899 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxix. 77 Let him beate the outsides, and make his ryngwalkes twyce or thrice about the woode. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Ringwalke, a round walk made by Hunters. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 78 When Huntsmen go drawing in their Springs at Hart-hunting, they usually make Dew-rounds which are called Ring-walks. 1815 J. Mayer Sportsman's Directory 59 Go for a blood-hound; take him upon the lyam, or cord; try the ring walks, entries, goings out, &c. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 120 Norman is waiting for me, and I am to go with him to make his ring-walk. 1910 H. T. Stephenson Elizabethan People v. 122 In order to make sure, the huntsman would make several circuits, or ‘ring-walks’, about the wood. 1971 Speculum 46 512 He has the leisurely huntsman proceed to locate a girl in his ringwalks, and after three more cups, to find his stag. 1986 B. B. Broughton Dict. Medieval Knighthood & Chivalry 70 When making his ring-walks around the covert, the harborer was to put a mark to every slot he came across. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575 |
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