英语词汇“merels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

merels

/ˈmɛrəlz/

Now historical and English regional

noun

The game of nine men's morris.

Sometimes with preceding word or words indicating the number and type of counters used, as nine men's merels, ninepenny merels, etc.The alternative name fivepenny merels is unexplained. H. J. R. Murray (Hist. Board-games 1952 iii. 42–3) treats it as a five-counter game, distinct from nine men's morris..

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Middle French merele, merelle, feminine (late 11th cent in Old French; French marelle, and marel, merel, masculine, both probably from an unattested Romance base *marr- stone, rock.

单词	merels
释义	merels /ˈmɛrəlz/ Now historical and English regional noun The game of nine men's morris. Sometimes with preceding word or words indicating the number and type of counters used, as nine men's merels, ninepenny merels, etc.The alternative name fivepenny merels is unexplained. H. J. R. Murray (Hist. Board-games 1952 iii. 42–3) treats it as a five-counter game, distinct from nine men's morris.. Origin Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From Middle French merele, merelle, feminine (late 11th cent in Old French; French marelle, and marel, merel, masculine, both probably from an unattested Romance base *marr- stone, rock.
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