单词 | to stand to one's tackle |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand (or stick) to one's tackle ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 176/2 in Chron. I The Englishmen woulde in no wise giue it ouer, but stickt to their tackle. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 464 But ye Carmelites standing hard to theyr tackle, recovered the victory at the last. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 55 The reste stoode stoutly to their tackle, so that..the trouble..was suppressed. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. vii. 9/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II To incourage his people to stand to their tackle, and valientlie to withstand Mac Morogh. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 197 Two Regiments of the Country Militia..stood to their Tackle better than well enough [in defence of a town]. 1828 E. Irving Last Days 230 You would have armed the house against him, and stood to your tackle all the night. 1841 C. Brontë Let. 1 July in Wise & Symington Brontës (1932) I. 234 Mrs. White offered me a week..but I demanded three weeks, and stood to my tackle with a tenacity worthy of yourself. < as lemmas |
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