† true-tablen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English true , table n.

Etymology: < true, an element of uncertain sense and identity + table n.The meaning of this compound, and hence the identity of its first element, is uncertain. Some editions of Evelyn's text give the reading trey-table (see quot. 1646 for trey-table n. at trey n. Compounds), on the assumption that a table for playing dice is referred to, but it has alternatively been suggested that true-table here denotes a bagatelle or billiard table, with the first element of the compound identified variously as French trou hole (see trou-de-loup n.) and true adj. (compare sense true adj. 6a, referring to the fact that such tables must be properly aligned and level to ensure fair play). With the latter explanation perhaps compare the following discussion of billiards:1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester i. 24 There are very few Billiard-Tables which are found true; and therefore such which are exactly level'd are highly valuable by a good Player; for at a false Table..Bunglers many times by knowing the windings and tricks of the Table have shamefully beaten a very good Gamester, who at a true Table would have given him three in five.

Obsolete. rare.

A gaming table (cf. trey-table n. at trey n. Compounds) or perhaps a bagatelle or billiard table.

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a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 527 Also a bowling Place, a Tavern, and a True-table.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	true-table
释义	† true-tablen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English true , table n. Etymology: < true, an element of uncertain sense and identity + table n.The meaning of this compound, and hence the identity of its first element, is uncertain. Some editions of Evelyn's text give the reading trey-table (see quot. 1646 for trey-table n. at trey n. Compounds), on the assumption that a table for playing dice is referred to, but it has alternatively been suggested that true-table here denotes a bagatelle or billiard table, with the first element of the compound identified variously as French trou hole (see trou-de-loup n.) and true adj. (compare sense true adj. 6a, referring to the fact that such tables must be properly aligned and level to ensure fair play). With the latter explanation perhaps compare the following discussion of billiards:1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester i. 24 There are very few Billiard-Tables which are found true; and therefore such which are exactly level'd are highly valuable by a good Player; for at a false Table..Bunglers many times by knowing the windings and tricks of the Table have shamefully beaten a very good Gamester, who at a true Table would have given him three in five. Obsolete. rare. A gaming table (cf. trey-table n. at trey n. Compounds) or perhaps a bagatelle or billiard table. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > table or board taveleOE tavelbredc1275 dicing-board1571 trey-table1646 true-tablea1684 dice-board1844 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 527 Also a bowling Place, a Tavern, and a True-table. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1684
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