rough-shootingn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌfˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrəfˌʃudɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., shooting n.

Etymology: < rough adj. + shooting n. Compare later rough shoot n., rough-shoot v.

British. Shooting.

1. The action, an act, or the sport of shooting game without organized driving by beaters.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > other types of shooting

night shooting1850

rough-shooting1850

point shooting1857

cover-shooting1864

snap-shooting1872

rough shoot1889

1850 Times 6 Aug. 11/1 (advt.) About 100 brace of pheasants may be killed. There is..very good rough shooting throughout the season.

1878 L. Clements Shooting & Fishing Trips (ed. 2) xxviii. 239 To me a day's rough shooting has..more attraction than a day systematically devoted to the stubbles or to the moor.

1934 F. Ellis Summers of Yesterday ii. 78 It was a wild bit we had taken, sea-trout fishing, brown trout, and rough shooting, that was all.

1972 ‘M. Innes’ Open House v. 42 Manage you a bit of rough shooting, too. Brought your gun?

2005 T. Collins in T. Collins et al. Encycl. Trad. Brit. Rural Sports 231/2 Rough shooting is usually perceived to be the polar opposite of organised driven game shooting as it is undertaken on a much more informal basis.

2. An area in which one has a right to shoot in this manner; = rough shoot n. 1. Cf. walk-up n. 3.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting area

shooting-ground1835

shoot1861

rough shoot1883

rough-shooting1899

1899 ‘Old Calabar’ Sporting Adventures Charles Carrington 293 I hired, some two years ago, some capital rough shooting in North Wales at less than threepence an acre.

1904 W. Stanhope-Lovell O'er Crag & Torrent 129 An old friend..has a large extent of rough shooting on the fringe of Dartmoor.

1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear ii. i. 122 The Home..had its own hens and pigs and a good many acres of rough shooting.

2007 D. FitzGerald Many Parts iii. 37 Gerald..was a moderately affluent Essex landowner with some rough shooting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rough-shooting
释义	rough-shootingn. Brit. /ˈrʌfˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrəfˌʃudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., shooting n. Etymology: < rough adj. + shooting n. Compare later rough shoot n., rough-shoot v. British. Shooting. 1. The action, an act, or the sport of shooting game without organized driving by beaters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > other types of shooting night shooting1850 rough-shooting1850 point shooting1857 cover-shooting1864 snap-shooting1872 rough shoot1889 1850 Times 6 Aug. 11/1 (advt.) About 100 brace of pheasants may be killed. There is..very good rough shooting throughout the season. 1878 L. Clements Shooting & Fishing Trips (ed. 2) xxviii. 239 To me a day's rough shooting has..more attraction than a day systematically devoted to the stubbles or to the moor. 1934 F. Ellis Summers of Yesterday ii. 78 It was a wild bit we had taken, sea-trout fishing, brown trout, and rough shooting, that was all. 1972 ‘M. Innes’ Open House v. 42 Manage you a bit of rough shooting, too. Brought your gun? 2005 T. Collins in T. Collins et al. Encycl. Trad. Brit. Rural Sports 231/2 Rough shooting is usually perceived to be the polar opposite of organised driven game shooting as it is undertaken on a much more informal basis. 2. An area in which one has a right to shoot in this manner; = rough shoot n. 1. Cf. walk-up n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting area shooting-ground1835 shoot1861 rough shoot1883 rough-shooting1899 1899 ‘Old Calabar’ Sporting Adventures Charles Carrington 293 I hired, some two years ago, some capital rough shooting in North Wales at less than threepence an acre. 1904 W. Stanhope-Lovell O'er Crag & Torrent 129 An old friend..has a large extent of rough shooting on the fringe of Dartmoor. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear ii. i. 122 The Home..had its own hens and pigs and a good many acres of rough shooting. 2007 D. FitzGerald Many Parts iii. 37 Gerald..was a moderately affluent Essex landowner with some rough shooting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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