| 单词 | running at the ring | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning at the ring  a.  The action of riding on horseback, typically at a quick pace, and esp. in a race or tournament; racing; jousting, tilting; an instance of this. Frequently in  running on horseback,  running at the ring, and similar phrases. Also in extended use. Now chiefly historical.spear-running: see spear n.1 Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > 			[noun]		 runningeOE horse-running1504 swift horse running?a1513 horse racingc1654 horse-coursing1764 jockeyinga1770 sport of kings1918 eOE    tr.  Bede Eccl. Hist. 		(Tanner)	  v. vi. 400  				Eala; hwæt ðu me micel yfel & lað dest mid þinre ærninge [L. o quam magnum uae facis mihi sic equitando]. c1460						 (?c1400)						    Tale of Beryn l. 2402 (MED)  				Yeur rennyng & yeur trotting in-to an esy pase I shall turn or þat wee twyn. c1500    Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 283 in  W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. 		(1864)	 I. 230  				Lordes came fro many a farre lande, And Ladyes also, that runnynge to see. 1563    in  W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. 		(1759)	 II. App. 14  				We..pass our time in feasts, banquetting, masking, and running at the ring, and such like. 1625    P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος 		(rev. ed.)	 391  				The exercises were running with swift horses, whorlebats, [etc.]. a1630    F. Moryson in  Shakespeare's Europe 		(1903)	  v. i. 465  				They haue Tiltings, Runnings with lances against a Post Armed like a man at all peeces. 1670    C. Cotton tr.  G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon  ii. v. 211  				The Duke..had invited all the Nobility and Gentry of the Country to Bordeaux to a publick running at the Ring. 1739    in  J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches Run p. v  				In case of Neglect or Refusal..such Owners and Riders shall be immediately declar'd incapable of Running or Riding any more. 1776    T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch 		(new ed.)	 II. 97  				There were bear-baitings, fire-works, Italian tumblers, and a country wake, running at the quintain, and morrice-dancing. 1828    R. Thomson Illustr. Hist. of Great Brit. II.  iv. ii. 282  				Sports on the Thames, of running at a mark, or tilting, in boats with wooden spears. 1844    J. Donovan Rome Anc. & Mod. 		(ed. 2)	 II. 445  				Funeral games,..wrestling, leaping, running on horseback and bounding with the lance. 1880    19th Cent. Oct. 606  				It [sc. the day's sport] partook of the double nature of stalking and running on horseback. 1913    M. Sullivan Court Masques James I i. 14  				Beaumont was invited for Twelfthnight to a dinner, running at the ring, a play, [etc.]. 1995    Past & Present No. 146 145  				St Francis de Sales defended a whole range of pastimes as good in themselves, among them tennis, running at the ring, chess and draughts. < as lemmas | 
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