单词 | bricole |
释义 | bricolen. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. PhrasesΚΠ 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. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To move back and forth. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1489v.1591 |
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