单词 | skittle-ground |
释义 | > as lemmasskittle-ground skittle-ground n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > ninepins or ten-pins > [noun] > area on which skittles is played skittle-ground1737 1737 London Mag. Sept. 477/2 Such days would still be much better employed in that Way, than in sotting at an Ale-House, or loitering in a Skettle or Nine-Pine Ground. 1771 M. Allen Let. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) I. 131 Pray get the skittle ground marked out. 1971 Country Life 9 Dec. 1673/3 In 1773, the spring was covered over, and the site reverted to a simple public house with a skittle-ground attached. < as lemmas |
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