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单词 ring-walk
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ring-walkn.

Brit. /ˈrɪŋwɔːk/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌwɔk/, /ˈrɪŋˌwɑk/
Forms: see ring n.1 and walk n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.1, walk n.1
Etymology: < ring n.1 + walk n.1
Now historical.
A circuitous walk undertaken by a hunter in order to check the intended course preparatory to a hunt.
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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).
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