| 单词 | ring-work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasring-work ring-work n. (a) a circular entrenchment; (b) needlework executed with rings; (c) performance in the boxing or wrestling ring. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > an entrenchment > circular ring-work1643 society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > art of making mail armour ring-work1855 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > other lacet1822 plaited stringwork1882 ring-work1882 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] defence1549 pugilation1656 fencing1692 boxing1693 the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724 noble art1749 bruising1750 ring1770 noble science1778 pugilism1788 sparring1797 the sweet science1810 the fancy1820 pugilistics1820 pugnastics1830 fista1839 scrapping1891 ring-work1899 no contest1922 1643 Lanc. Tracts Civil War (Chetham Soc.) 167 In an orbe or ringe-worke [they] cast up much earthe everye day by the multitude of countrey people forced to the service. 1855 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour I. 63 The interior of the garment [hauberk]..exhibits the ring-work exactly in the same manner. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 425 Ring Work , an easy work used for forming mats and baskets, and made with small brass curtain rings, single Berlin wools and beads. 1899 Daily News 12 Jan. 7/5 His ring work and generalship were so superior to his exhibition when he first came out that the improvement was almost incredible. 1963 L. F. Chitty in I. L. Foster & L. Alcock Culture & Environment vii. 177 A ringwork beside the Knighton road may be medieval. 1975 J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles vii. 164 Earthworks such as motte-and-bailey castles and ring-works preserve a buried soil and ditch sequence which can be used to extract environmental evidence. 2007 M. Foley Hardcore Diaries 22 When it came to a combination of ring work, promos, and antics that made even grizzled veterans suspend disbelief, no one could beat my friend and mentor Terry Funk. < as lemmas |
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