单词 | roll-calling |
释义 | roll-callingn. The process of reading out the names from a list to establish who is present; = roll-call n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > counting people numberingc1325 numbera1382 lustrum1598 capitation1646 poll1659 roll-calling1752 roll-call1763 census1769 conscription1797 head-counting1831 roller1883 headcount1913 1752 By-laws, Rules & Orders Royal Hosp. King Charles II Index sig. L3 The Punishment to be inflicted on those who are absent at Roll calling. 1764 Ann. Reg. 1763 159 The soldiers,..immediately after roll calling,..assembled to a man. 1854 J. Waylen Hist. Mil. & Munic. Marlborough viii. 399 [The officers] are ordered to appear at roll-calling with clothes well-brushed, shoes blacked, and hair combed and plaited. 1891 Daily News 9 Nov. 3/1 The gathering of the five or six hundred children together in the morning for roll-calling and Bible-reading. 1955 N. B. Henry Mental Health in Mod. Educ. iii. vii. 148 In this roll-calling the children lose even that small sense of identity which their own name rising from the mass of names might bring. 1995 Independent 28 Dec. 10/1 Registration in my comprehensive was more than just roll-calling. It involved a battle for silence while reading the bulletin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1752 |
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