staff-slingn.

Etymology: < staff n.¹ + sling n.¹ Compare Old High German stapaslingaGerman stabschlinge.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A sling (sling n.¹) the cords or strings of which are attached to the end of a staff, used for hurling larger stones than the ordinary ‘cord-sling’.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > sling

litherc725

slinga1387

staff-slingc1386

slacky1653

stick sling1824

c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 118 This geant at hym stones caste Out of a fel staf slynge.

a1400 Coer de L. (W.) 5226 With staffe-slynges that smyte wel.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 297 Vsenge dartes and crosse bawes or staffe slynges.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 344 Instrumentis..As scaffatis, ledderis..Pykis, howis, and ek staff-slyngis [1489 Adv. with staf-slyng].

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 275/1 Staffe slyng made of a clyftestycke, ruant.

1557–8 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1913) X. 336 To big dikis and fowseis and to have stafe slungis in the reddines to the portis thairof.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 21^v Alswa he slew the Giant Golyas, In the foirheid with ane stane and stafsling.

1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xviii. 780 The Staff-sling, the Classical Fustibalum.

Derivatives

† staff-slinger n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1400 Coer de L. (W.) 4454 Foremeste he sette hys arwe~blasteres, And aftyr that hys good archeres And aftyr hys staff-slyngeres And othir with scheeldes and with speeres.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	staff-sling
释义	staff-slingn. Etymology: < staff n.¹ + sling n.¹ Compare Old High German stapaslingaGerman stabschlinge. Obsolete exc. Historical. A sling (sling n.¹) the cords or strings of which are attached to the end of a staff, used for hurling larger stones than the ordinary ‘cord-sling’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > sling litherc725 slinga1387 staff-slingc1386 slacky1653 stick sling1824 c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 118 This geant at hym stones caste Out of a fel staf slynge. a1400 Coer de L. (W.) 5226 With staffe-slynges that smyte wel. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 297 Vsenge dartes and crosse bawes or staffe slynges. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 344 Instrumentis..As scaffatis, ledderis..Pykis, howis, and ek staff-slyngis [1489 Adv. with staf-slyng]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 275/1 Staffe slyng made of a clyftestycke, ruant. 1557–8 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1913) X. 336 To big dikis and fowseis and to have stafe slungis in the reddines to the portis thairof. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 21^v Alswa he slew the Giant Golyas, In the foirheid with ane stane and stafsling. 1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xviii. 780 The Staff-sling, the Classical Fustibalum. Derivatives † staff-slinger n. Obsolete ΚΠ a1400 Coer de L. (W.) 4454 Foremeste he sette hys arwe~blasteres, And aftyr that hys good archeres And aftyr hys staff-slyngeres And othir with scheeldes and with speeres. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c1386
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