| 释义 |
beat the bounds historical Mark parish boundaries by walking round them and striking certain points with rods: a large procession, headed by the clergyman, would beat the bounds over a period of two days...- For anyone unable to do the St Richard's sponsored walk on May 15, on May 16 there will be a nine-mile walk to beat the bounds of the parish.
- Many other parish councils organised beating the bounds events and there was already a leaflet outlining a suitable route around the parish.
- The Gould and Dickens families organised an unofficial walk to ensure the continuity of the beating the bounds whose origins have been lost in the depths of time.
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