bull-penn.

Etymology: < bull n.¹ + pen n.²

a. A pen or enclosure for bulls; spec. a square enclosure made of logs, frequently used in early times as a place of confinement; hence, a lock-up or prison. Also transferred, any enclosure or enclosed area. Originally and chiefly U.S.

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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > housing or sheltering of cattle > cattle pen or shelter

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1809 M. L. Weems Life Gen. F. Marion xxv. 214 The tories were all..confined together under a centinel, in what was called a bull pen, made of pine trees.

1820 in Publ. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1906) VIII. 391 A circumscribed valley within the mountains, called the Bull-pen.

1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 2nd Ser. 93 It is a common place of safe keeping in the absence of gaols and proper offices. It is called technically a ‘bull pen’, and consists of huge logs,..crossing at right angles, forming a hollow square [etc.].

1865 Nation I. 15 A guardhouse..which appears to have gone by the name of the ‘Bull-pen’.

1891 Congress. Rec. Feb. 2693/2 [They] would coax these illiterate white men, weeks before election, and cage them in places called bull pens.

1912 N.Y. Evening Post 5 Sept. 2/5 Rioting convicts who broke out of ‘bull pens’ here are gathered in the prison yard, considering further steps.

1926 J. Black You can't Win vii. 76 I was taken downstairs and locked in a cell; I saw no more of the ‘bull pen’ where I spent the night.

1931 Amer. Speech 7 Oct. 49 [Lumberjacks'] ‘free-for-all’ when the ‘shanty men’ join the ‘bull pen boys’ around the box stove.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 14 To erect in front of the terminal building a semi-circular fence enclosing an area colloquially known as the ‘bull pen’.

b. In baseball, a place outside the playing limits where pitchers are exercised for possible use during a game. North American.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > place where pitchers exercise

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1924 Chicago Tribune 5 Oct. ii. 1/1 Blake was rushed from the battlefield and Rip Wheeler from the bullpen.

1957 O. Nash You can't get there from Here 93 The pitcher too unrenowned, Who is always in the bull pen, But never reaches the mound.

2. A schoolboys' ball game, played by two groups, one group outlining the sides of a square enclosure, called the ‘bull-pen’, within which are the opposing players. U.S.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > children's ball games > [noun]

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1857 Spirit of Times 19 Dec. 241/1 Some playing—the boys at bull-pen, the girls at jumping the rope.

1883 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-boy iii. 25 What did a boy that had lived on Wildcat Creek..know about playing bull-pen.

1944 K. Duncan & D. F. Nickols Mentor Graham 99 Sometimes he joined the boys at ‘bull pen’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	bull-pen
释义	bull-penn. Etymology: < bull n.¹ + pen n.² 1. a. A pen or enclosure for bulls; spec. a square enclosure made of logs, frequently used in early times as a place of confinement; hence, a lock-up or prison. Also transferred, any enclosure or enclosed area. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] quarternOE prisona1200 jailc1275 lodgec1290 galleya1300 chartrea1325 ward1338 keepingc1384 prison-house1419 lying-house1423 javel1483 tollbooth1488 kidcotec1515 clinkc1530 warding-place1571 the hangman's budget1589 Newgate1592 gehenna1594 Lob's pound1597 caperdewsie1599 footman's inn1604 cappadochio1607 pena1640 marshalsea1652 log-house1662 bastille1663 naskin1673 state prison1684 tronk1693 stone-doublet1694 iron or stone doublet1698 college1699 nask1699 quod1699 shop1699 black hole1707 start1735 coop1785 blockhouse1796 stone jug1796 calaboose1797 factory1806 bull-pen1809 steel1811 jigger1812 jug1815 kitty1825 rock pile1830 bughouse1842 zindan1844 model1845 black house1846 tench1850 mill1851 stir1851 hoppet1855 booby hatch1859 caboose1865 cooler1872 skookum house1873 chokey1874 gib1877 nick1882 choker1884 logs1888 booby house1894 big house1905 hoosegow1911 can1912 detention camp1916 pokey1919 slammer1952 joint1953 slam1960 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > housing or sheltering of cattle > cattle pen or shelter wormstall1601 cow-pen1635 bull-pen1809 cattle-pen1837 bawn1850 1809 M. L. Weems Life Gen. F. Marion xxv. 214 The tories were all..confined together under a centinel, in what was called a bull pen, made of pine trees. 1820 in Publ. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1906) VIII. 391 A circumscribed valley within the mountains, called the Bull-pen. 1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 2nd Ser. 93 It is a common place of safe keeping in the absence of gaols and proper offices. It is called technically a ‘bull pen’, and consists of huge logs,..crossing at right angles, forming a hollow square [etc.]. 1865 Nation I. 15 A guardhouse..which appears to have gone by the name of the ‘Bull-pen’. 1891 Congress. Rec. Feb. 2693/2 [They] would coax these illiterate white men, weeks before election, and cage them in places called bull pens. 1912 N.Y. Evening Post 5 Sept. 2/5 Rioting convicts who broke out of ‘bull pens’ here are gathered in the prison yard, considering further steps. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vii. 76 I was taken downstairs and locked in a cell; I saw no more of the ‘bull pen’ where I spent the night. 1931 Amer. Speech 7 Oct. 49 [Lumberjacks'] ‘free-for-all’ when the ‘shanty men’ join the ‘bull pen boys’ around the box stove. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 14 To erect in front of the terminal building a semi-circular fence enclosing an area colloquially known as the ‘bull pen’. b. In baseball, a place outside the playing limits where pitchers are exercised for possible use during a game. North American. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball ground > [noun] > place where pitchers exercise bull-pen1924 1924 Chicago Tribune 5 Oct. ii. 1/1 Blake was rushed from the battlefield and Rip Wheeler from the bullpen. 1957 O. Nash You can't get there from Here 93 The pitcher too unrenowned, Who is always in the bull pen, But never reaches the mound. 2. A schoolboys' ball game, played by two groups, one group outlining the sides of a square enclosure, called the ‘bull-pen’, within which are the opposing players. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > children's ball games > [noun] catchball1631 hop-ball1811 Anthony over1838 barn-ball1841 bull-pen1857 sevens1864 catch1887 pig in the middle1887 alairy1916 monkey in the middle1952 kingy1959 piggy in the middle1967 dandy shandy1978 1857 Spirit of Times 19 Dec. 241/1 Some playing—the boys at bull-pen, the girls at jumping the rope. 1883 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-boy iii. 25 What did a boy that had lived on Wildcat Creek..know about playing bull-pen. 1944 K. Duncan & D. F. Nickols Mentor Graham 99 Sometimes he joined the boys at ‘bull pen’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1809
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