单词 | trap-ball |
释义 | trap-balln. a. A game in which a ball, placed upon one end (slightly hollowed) of a trap (trap n.1 3), is thrown into the air by the batter striking the other end with his bat, with which he then hits the ball away. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > trap bat and ball > [noun] trap1591 trap-ball1658 spell and knur (also knor, null, etc.)1781 northen-spell1801 trap (bat) and ball1825 trap-bat1842 1658 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 64 One that played at trap-ball on the Lords day. 1740 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 453 You will desire to excel all boys of your age, at cricket, or trap-ball, as well as in learning. 1814 Sporting Mag. 43 240 A game of trap-ball was played this month on the ice. 1909 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 7/3 An inn..where..trap-ball is played on the lawn... The dictionary already calls it ‘an old game’. b. A ball used in this game. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > trap bat and ball > [noun] > ball trap-ball1713 1713 S. Sewall Diary 6 June (1973) II. 718 Boston..came down a Spit, and clear'd the Leaden-throat, by thrusting out a Trap-Ball that stuck there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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