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单词 wappenschaw
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wappenschawn.

Brit. /ˈwap(ə)nʃɔː/, /ˈwɒp(ə)nʃɔː/, U.S. /ˈwæp(ə)nˌʃɔ/, /ˈwæp(ə)nˌʃɑ/, /ˈwɑp(ə)nˌʃɔ/, /ˈwɑp(ə)nˌʃɑ/, Scottish English /ˈwap(ə)nʃɔ/, /ˈwɔp(ə)nʃɔ/
Forms: α. 1500s–1600s, 1800s wap(p)ins(c)haw, 1600s waponeschawe, 1800s wap(p)ens(c)haw; β. semi-modernized weapons(c)haw.
Etymology: < wapin weapon n. + schaw show n.1 Probably originally a shortening of the older wappenschawing n.Both words are used in historical contexts by Scott; the official edition of the Statutes of Scotland (1814) has only wapinschaw in the index, though the actual text of the Acts has wapinschawing except in 1503 (see below). Compare German waffenschau , given by Adelung as an obsolete High German word, but probably a mere 18th cent. adaptation of Dutch wappenschouwing = wappenschawing n.
Scottish.
1. Historical. = wappenschawing n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > muster
muster1419
wappenschawing1424
mustering1440
wappenschawa1503
rendezvous1596
assembly1917
a1503 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) II. 243/2 Item þt all scotland mak ȝerely þair wapinschawis apon thurisday in wit~sonday wolk.
a1503 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) II. 251/2 Þt all scotland mak þair wappin~schawis [etc.].
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. William in Regiam Majestatem c. xxiii. §6 It is statute, that wapinschaw sal be keiped & haldin.
1627 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 56 To the effect they may be the better prepared agane the xxiij of this instant qlk is the principall waponeschawe day.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 33 [The Calvinists] discouraged, as far as lay in their power, even the ancient wappen-schaws, as they were called, when the feudal array of the county was called out, and each crown vassal was required to appear with such muster of men and armour as he was bound to make by his fief.
1905 G. Wilson Ann. Glover Incorporat. Perth 13 Other and more rational forms of amusements became popular with our Craft..such as wappenschaws, foot~ball, quoits, golf, archery, etc.
β. 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 122 When we went to the field of war, And to the Weaponshaw, Willie.1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. xxv. 116 Already on dark Ruberslaw The Douglas holds his weapon-schaw.1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil i. i. 17 Godden, good yeoman. Come you from the weaponshaw?1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft i. 14 The majority..had considered the heavenly phenomenon as a supernatural weapon-schaw for the purpose of a sign and warning of civil wars to come.
2.
a. A volunteer rifle-meeting.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > firing practice > volunteer rifle meeting
wappenschaw1868
1868 Morning Star 9 Jan. 5/6 At Edinburgh, on New Year's Day, the Wappinschaw was celebrated. Years ago this, we believe, was a gathering at which the country side shot, with homely smooth-bore pieces, for hams and cheeses, but until revived in 1866 the custom had long fallen into disuse. In that year the Wappinschaw was rehabilitated by the local volunteers.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 July 6 The Aberdeen Volunteer wapinschaw was held yesterday. The chief prize..was won by Ensign Niven.
b. South African. Used to render Dutch wappenschouwing (see wappenschawing n.), applied by the Boers to a rifle-shooting competition.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun]
shooting match1750
wed-shooting1792
target1825
shoot1892
wappenschaw1899
1899 Daily News 23 June 5/4 The Boers never drill, and it is thought that the scene witnessed was probably an ordinary season's wapenshaw.
1899 Daily News 13 Oct. 5/5 The local Dutch have decided to postpone their wappenschaw (rifle meeting) at the request of the magistrate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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