| 单词 | ropesight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasropesight ropesight n. Campanology facility in judging when to pull a bell rope, from the position and movement of others. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > facility in ropesight1877 1877 Chambers's Jrnl. 17 Nov. 732/1 A fair amount of practice is also necessary to obtain the quickness of eye—called ‘rope-sight’—to work among the other ropes, in changes. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 521/1 He [sc. the bellringer] has to bear in mind,..what bell or bells are striking immediately before or after him—this being ascertained chiefly by ‘ropesight’ i.e., the knack..of seeing which rope is being pulled immediately before and after his own. 1956 G. E. Evans Ask Fellows who cut Hay xviii. 143 The science of change-ringing is something of a mystery to the layman... ‘It's all right once you get rope-sight,’ one old ringer confided. 2001 Ringing World 23 Mar. 306/3 About 12 months ago I managed to learn to treble to a plain course of Bob Minor. Once I got to this stage I seemed to get stuck as I had no rope sight and only knew it by numbers. < as lemmas |
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