tennis courtn.

Etymology: < tennis n. + court n.¹ 4.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtennis-court.

1. The enclosed quadrangular area, or building, in which the game of real tennis is played. Also figurative and in combinations, esp. tennis court oath, the pledge given on June 20, 1789, by members of the States General of France that they would not separate before a constitution was granted (see quot. 1911).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > court

tennis-play1507

tennis court1564

jeu de paume1778

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > other types

voluntary1593

assertory oath1617

bribery oath1734

Hippocratic oath1747

ironclad oath1864

tennis court oath1893

loyalty oath1952

society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > specific oath

tennis court oath1893

1564 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 143 Boards to make a tennyse court £1. 0. 0.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Blouse, a close Tennis court, or a Tennis court in a hall, hauing a house on either side to serue on.

1630 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1896) 30 57 The tinneis courtis thairof and all utheris houses.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 55 It was agreed to build a new theatre, where the Tennis-court then stood, in Lincoln's-inn-fields.

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ i. 47 They were summoned by their President to a Tennis-Court, where they were reduced to hold their assembly.

1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 114 One of the greatest obstacles to the spreading of the love of Tennis has always been the scarcity of Tennis-courts.

1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 113 Their number [in England] at the present moment is twenty-one.]

figurative.1605 W. Alexander Alexandræan Trag. v. i I thinke the world is but a Tenis-court where Fortune doth play States, tosse men for Balls.1738 G. Lillo Marina i. ii Winds and waters, In their vast tennis-court, have, as a ball, Used me to make them sport.in combination.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 18 But that the Tennis court keeper knows better than I. a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. viii, in Wks. (1640) III Sæpè tria coagmen [tantur] nom[ina]. A foot-ball-plaier. A Tennis-court-keeper.1893 L. Creighton First Hist. France xxvi. 231 The Tennis-Court Oath.—Under his [sc. Mirabeau's] guidance the Third estate now declared themselves the National Assembly.1911 H. A. Guerber Story Mod. France x. 55 The Third Estate met tumultuously in the Versailles Tennis Court, where..they bound themselves, by the famous ‘Tennis Court Oath’.1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1151/1 The integrity of Anatolia was the tennis-court oath of the Kemalist revolution.1977 Socialist Press 2 Mar. 6/3 Faced with procedural fencing on the part of the King's ministers and the Court, they declare themselves a ‘National Assembly’ and vow (the ‘tennis-court oath’, June 20th) not to depart until a constitution is drawn up.

2. The plot of ground prepared and marked out for lawn tennis.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > court

tennis court1881

tennis-ground1891

1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette I. i. 16 I wanted to see the tennis-courts made.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tennis court
释义	tennis courtn. Etymology: < tennis n. + court n.¹ 4.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtennis-court. 1. The enclosed quadrangular area, or building, in which the game of real tennis is played. Also figurative and in combinations, esp. tennis court oath, the pledge given on June 20, 1789, by members of the States General of France that they would not separate before a constitution was granted (see quot. 1911). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > court tennis-play1507 tennis court1564 jeu de paume1778 the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > other types voluntary1593 assertory oath1617 bribery oath1734 Hippocratic oath1747 ironclad oath1864 tennis court oath1893 loyalty oath1952 society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > specific oath tennis court oath1893 1564 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 143 Boards to make a tennyse court £1. 0. 0. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Blouse, a close Tennis court, or a Tennis court in a hall, hauing a house on either side to serue on. 1630 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1896) 30 57 The tinneis courtis thairof and all utheris houses. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 55 It was agreed to build a new theatre, where the Tennis-court then stood, in Lincoln's-inn-fields. 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ i. 47 They were summoned by their President to a Tennis-Court, where they were reduced to hold their assembly. 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 114 One of the greatest obstacles to the spreading of the love of Tennis has always been the scarcity of Tennis-courts. 1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 113 Their number [in England] at the present moment is twenty-one.] figurative.1605 W. Alexander Alexandræan Trag. v. i I thinke the world is but a Tenis-court where Fortune doth play States, tosse men for Balls.1738 G. Lillo Marina i. ii Winds and waters, In their vast tennis-court, have, as a ball, Used me to make them sport.in combination.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 18 But that the Tennis court keeper knows better than I. View more context for this quotationa1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. viii, in Wks. (1640) III Sæpè tria coagmen [tantur] nom[ina]. A foot-ball-plaier. A Tennis-court-keeper.1893 L. Creighton First Hist. France xxvi. 231 The Tennis-Court Oath.—Under his [sc. Mirabeau's] guidance the Third estate now declared themselves the National Assembly.1911 H. A. Guerber Story Mod. France x. 55 The Third Estate met tumultuously in the Versailles Tennis Court, where..they bound themselves, by the famous ‘Tennis Court Oath’.1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1151/1 The integrity of Anatolia was the tennis-court oath of the Kemalist revolution.1977 Socialist Press 2 Mar. 6/3 Faced with procedural fencing on the part of the King's ministers and the Court, they declare themselves a ‘National Assembly’ and vow (the ‘tennis-court oath’, June 20th) not to depart until a constitution is drawn up. 2. The plot of ground prepared and marked out for lawn tennis. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > court tennis court1881 tennis-ground1891 1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette I. i. 16 I wanted to see the tennis-courts made. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1564
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