单词 | vaulter |
释义 | vaultern.1 rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A builder of vaults. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders of other structures barn-builder1604 redeemera1610 Babel builder1610 vaulter1648 superstructor1669 pontifex1686 bridge-builder1752 bridger1958 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Welver, an Archer, or a Vaulter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vaultern.2 One who vaults or leaps. Also figurative (quot. 1579 at α. ). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > one who or that which leaperc1325 loper1483 vaulter1552 gamboller1587 springer1609 jumper1611 kangaroo1865 α. β. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vaulter on a horse, desultor.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Desultor, a vaulter that leapeth vp and downe from a horse.1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 230 He had two Tumblers or Vaulters, one an Englishman, the other an Italian.1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 116 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. They put them upwards together, as the Vaulters do when they jump over Swords.1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 258. ⁋3 Why should not Rope-dancers, Vaulters, Tumblers,..and Posture-makers appear again on our Stage?1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xviii. 317 Since fame reports the Trojans..nimble vaulters to the backs of steeds.1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 591 The band of renowned Bohemian vaulters and tumblers.1884 Harper's Mag. Jan. 301/1 If you want..fame as..a vaulter, or a heaver of heavy weights, the Manhattan is your club.in extended use.1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 105 The encomium which he bestows upon these vigilant little vaulters.a1825 L. Hunt To Grasshopper & Cricket 1 Green little vaulter in the sunny grass.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Amphippi,..vauters from one horse to an other. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 18v Euery Vauter in one blinde Tauerne or other, is Tenant at will, to which she tolleth resort. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1278 Demetrius..was well content to heare himselfe called Jupiter Καταιβάτης, that is to say, the vawter. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 288 The Numidians,..in manner of vauters..could leap from the weary horsse to a fresh. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (Weights) A weight of Lead that Leapers, Vauters or Dauncers on ropes hold in their hands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11648n.21552 |
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