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单词 bricole
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bricolen.

Brit. /ˈbrɪkəl/, /brɪˈkəʊl/, U.S. /brɪˈkoʊl/
Forms: late Middle English brycolle, 1500s briccoll, 1500s bricoll, 1500s brikoll, 1500s–1600s brickoll, 1600s briccole, 1600s bricol, 1600s–1800s bricole, 1600s–1900s bricolle.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French bricole.
Etymology: < Middle French, French bricole kind of catapult (14th cent.), ricochet, rebound (1583, after bricoler bricole v.), type of leather harness for draught horse (1578), strap for carrying loads (1680, apparently with reference to the strong straps used for loading catapults) < Italian briccola catapult (a1444; earlier currency is implied by post-classical Latin briccola : from the 12th cent. in Italian sources), probably < an unattested Langobardic word (perhaps cognate with or formed similarly to German -brechel , in vredebrechel breaker of the peace) < the Germanic base of break v. + the Germanic base of -el suffix1 (perhaps with suffix substitution: compare post-classical Latin -ola and Italian -ola , and the discussion at -ola suffix1).Compare ( < Italian) Old Occitan bricola (15th cent.), Catalan brigola (13th cent.), Spanish brigola (late 13th cent. as bricola ). With sense 2 compare slightly earlier brick wall n.2
1. A military engine or catapult used to fire stones or other missiles at an enemy's position, consisting of a sling attached to the extremity of a long lever that is strained into a position of tension by ropes and released suddenly; cf. trebuchet n. 1. Now historical and rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > [noun] > ballista
ballistaeOE
ginc1325
mangonelc1325
springalc1330
ballistc1384
scorpionc1384
tormentc1384
trebuchet1388
fowler1420
dondainec1430
onagera1460
perrier1481
trabuch?1482
bricole1489
coillard1489
mouton1489
sambuca1489
martinet1523
racket1535
sling1535
brake1552
catapult1577
sweep1598
sling-dart1600
petrary1610
espringal1614
scorpion-bowa1629
swafe1688
sackbut1756
mangona1773
matafunda1773
lombard1838
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xvi. sig. Hvi Item six brycolles and two coyllars eyther of them garnysshed wyth thre slynges and of cordes & stones plente.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. cciiiv/2 In this towre was a bricoll or an engyn whiche..dyde cast great stones.
1584 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Hist. Judith iii. 36 Here bends the Briccoll, while the cable cracks, Their Crosbowes were vprent with yron Racks.
1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue iii. 109 Th' Enginer..Bends here his Bricol, there his boystrous bow.
1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng. & Wales I. Pref. 10 The bricolle, petrary, mangana and mangonel, matafunda, terbuchet, and warwolf, were all engines for throwing stones, and other great masses.
1840 L. Ritchie Windsor Castle 214 The bricolle, which discharged large heavy darts with square heads.
1903 Archaeologia Aeliana 24 84 I think we may conclude that the bricolle, espringal, falarica and balista de turno were all worked on the combined principles of tension and torsion.
1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 3 June 22 The fearsome war-machines like the stone-hurling mangonel, the bricole catapult, and the cumbersome trebucket, are all on display on the battlements.
2.
a. Real Tennis. The rebound of a ball from the wall of the court. Also: a sidestroke which drives the ball against the wall. Also more fully coup de bricole. Now rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > rebound of ball from wall
brick wall1580
bricole1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Briccola, a..brikoll or rebounding of a ball from the wall to another in a tenis court.
1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 2) cccciv. 435 Couzen'd with a Bricole at Tennis.
1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng. & Wales I. Pref. 10 Bricole is a term used in tennis, and signifies a rebound.
1954 Times 23 Mar. 4/6 The ease with which so many of the best strokes are returned can lead to aimless hitting or overuse of the bricole.
1962 Times 13 Jan. 3/5 Hughes's stopping was firmer and more certain than at Queen's and he won the game at the change of ends by use of the coup de bricole in attacking side gallery chases.
b. figurative and in figurative contexts. An occurrence or action that arises from, or is the consequence of, something else; a secondary effect. Also in upon the bricole: on the rebound; indirectly. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise
marvelc1300
miracle1586
surprise1592
bricolea1631
surprisal1660
thunderbolt1787
startle1823
start1825
startler1829
eye-opener1833
a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837
shock1841
thunder-clap1852
startlement1867
staggerer1872
thunderstroke1880
Scarborough warning1890
surprise packet1900
bombshell1926
curveball1936
turn-up1942
a turn-up for the book(s)1948
conversation stopper1959
left turn1986
a1631 J. Donne Let. in T. Matthew Coll. Lett. (1659) 65 That love, which..fell not directly, and immediately upon my self, but by way of reflection or Briccole..(to use the Metaphor of a Game, wherein I congratulate that excellencie, to which..you have arrived).
1673 A. Marvell Rehearsall Transpros'd: 2nd Pt. 47 One Simons, who rob'd alwayes upon the Bricolle, that is to say, never interrupted the Passengers but still set upon the Thieves themselves after..they were gorged with a booty.
1755 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Dec. in Misc. Wks. (1777) II. 228 It is a bricole of self-love.
1789 H. Walpole Reminiscences (1924) iii. 40 Introducing two courtiers to acquaint one another, and by bricole the audience, with what had passed in the penetralia.
c. Billiards. A game or style of play in which players must cause the ball to rebound against one of the cushions. Also: a shot which drives the ball against a cushion; cf. bank shot n. (a) at bank n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play
raking1674
coup1744
Whitechapel play1755
bricole1775
trailing1775
star1839
cannoning1841
safety1844
spotting1849
billiard-sharping1865
stringing1873
safety play1896
potting1909
1775 ‘Connoisseur’ Ann. Gaming viii. 94 There are several kinds of games played at billiards, viz. The losing game; the winning and losing; choice of balls; bricole; carambole; a four-game; hazards, &c.
1800 Vieth's Pleasing Preceptor I. 73 He has to play a bricole; that is, to play his ball first against the cushion, so that it may come after the rebound to the place intended.
1841 ‘Colonel B.’ Handbk. Game of Billiards 33 The odds against the single bricole players.
1896 W. Broadfoot Billiards vii. 274 There is not sufficient room for a cushion or bricole hazard.
1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Jan. c8/1 A bricole is also a billiard shot, a carom effect that results in an ‘indirect action or unexpected stroke’.
2002 M. Shamos New Illustr. Encycl. Billiards (new ed.) 36/2 Bricole, a rail-first shot, particularly one in which the cue ball contacts a rail before hitting any other ball.
3. A leather strap worn over a gunner's shoulder, attached to which is a drag rope used to haul a cannon or large-calibre gun in the field. Now historical and rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > other specific parts
touch plate1508
maniglion1704
gun-lock screw1731
match pipe1740
quoin of mire1797
bricole1809
tumbler-screw1843
training wheel1875
hand1880
side lever1892
gun-lock spring1894
gun control1909
magazine well1948
1809 W. Duane Amer. Mil. Libr. II. vii. ii. 242 The bricole then is composed of a leather girdle or strap, which buckles and is thrown over the shoulder of the artillerist like a belt.
1861 E. L. Viele Hand-bk. Active Service x. 160 Nos. 1 and 2 wear bricoles hung from the left shoulder to the right side.
1975 J. Mollo Uniforms of Amer. Revol. 195/2 The higher numbered men usually man-handled the piece, by means of drag ropes and bricoles.

Phrases

Billiards. to play bricole: to play a shot that causes the ball to rebound from a cushion to another ball. Obsolete.
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1775 ‘Connoisseur’ Ann. Gaming viii. 96 The adversary is obliged to play bricole from the opposite cushion.
1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) iv. 39 Playing bricole from the cushion.
1863 G. F. Pardon Hoyle's Games Modernized 378 The ball..will jump on reaching the cushion, especially if played bricole, across the cushion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

bricolev.

Forms: 1500s bricoll, 1600s brickoll, 1600s bricole.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French bricoler.
Etymology: < Middle French, French bricoler to move back and forth (1480), to play a bricole in a ball game (16th cent.), (of a ball) to rebound from a wall (1611 in Cotgrave; compare quot. 1611 at brick wall n.2) < bricole bricole n. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier bricole n. 2 and brick wall v.In sense 2 originally after Italian †briccolare (1611 in Florio; compare quot. 1611); compare Florio's earlier use of the Italian noun briccola in quot. 1598 at bricole n. 2a.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To move back and forth.
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1591 King James VI & I tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Furies in Poet. Exercises sig. A3 Those that bricoll [Fr. qui vont bricollant] through the waist Of aire that fedders parts.
2. intransitive. Real Tennis. Of a ball: to rebound from a wall. Also figurative of the result of an action: to come to bear on the originator. See also brick wall v.
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the world > movement > impact > rebound > cause to rebound [verb (transitive)]
reboundc1560
brick wall1596
rejerk1606
bricole1611
reflect1613
to beat back1715
bounce1876
tamp1971
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Briccoláre, to brickoll from wall to wall.
1665 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Memory Sir R. Fletcher 33 He knew that no man could wrong him, and that Malice and Revenge only bricole on the Doer, without prejudging the Party against whom they are directed.
1666 Third Advice to Painter in Poems Affairs State (1963) I. 71 Yet she observ'd how still his iron balls Bricol'd in vain against our oaken walls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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