单词 | stick fighting |
释义 | > as lemmasstick fighting stick fighting n. combat using a stick or cudgel; (also) any of various martial arts and fighting styles characterized by the use of one or more sticks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fencing or exercise with sticks or cudgels > [noun] waster1519 wastership1575 single billeta1625 cudgels1630 quarterstaff1631 cudgel-playa1635 back-sword1699 cudgel-playing1717 hurlbatting1744 single-stick1771 short-staff1775 cudgelling1787 stick fighting1845 stick play1849 back-swording1857 kendo1921 1845 O. Connellan tr. Ann. Irel. 1171–1616 42/1 Gearrmaide, a name of some chiefs,..might signify the chief of the short cudgel: the first probably who obtained this was distinguished for his stick-fighting. 1934 Times of India 30 Jan. 5/3 (caption) Two famous Oriental champions met in a ‘stick-fighting’ contest at a London sporting club. 1974 Trinidad Guardian 2 Nov. 5/2 (advt.) African culture in all forms. Dance, Stick-fighting, Drumming, Calypso, [etc.]. 2010 N.Y. Times 8 June a8/4 ‘If you are angry, you can't think properly, and the other boys will really beat you up,’ he said of his days learning stick fighting with other Zulu boys. < as lemmas |
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