backshot

"Tommy" Hitchcock, the American ace, most brilliant hitter in the world, halts a ball with a flaying backshot, turning a defense maneuver into a mad offensive drive.

1930, Harper's Bazaar - Volume 64, page 94:

(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.

If so great a commotion had been stirred up by his demand for a simple old camera backshot, there was no telling what kind of fuss would have resulted from his intention to achieve in his show the pace that distinguishes a good old-fashioned revival meeting!

1970, Albert Govoni, A Boy Named Cash, page 15:

Backshot of power station fully working.

1978, Alan Sillitoe, Three Plays, page 159:

Set in the 1930s in rural Nova Scotia, the film opens, in colour, with a backshot of the filmmaker — all that is evident are her dreads — typing its title and the details of its setting into a laptop computer.

1999, Nurjehan Aziz, Floating the Borders: New Contexts in Canadian Criticism, →ISBN, page 111:

(photography and cinematography) A shot taken from behind the subject.


Laker

(basketball) A player for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team


guly

en-adj

guly (comparative more guly, superlative most guly)

more guly (comparative)
most guly (superlative)

those fatal guly dragons

1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC:

(obsolete, heraldry) Of or pertaining to gules; red.


nowed

From French noué, past participle of nouer (“to knot”), from Latin nodare. See nodated.

a serpent nowed


piledrive

en-verb

piledrive (third-person singular simple present piledrives, present participle piledriving, simple past piledrove, past participle piledriven)

piledrives (present singular third-person)
piledriving (participle present)
piledrove (past)
piledriven (participle past)

"Any wrestler who will piledrive Lawler and injure him like he did me gets five thousand dollars from me!"

2002, Jerry Lawler, Doug Asheville, It's Good to Be the King...Sometimes, page 199:

Anyway, back in the ring, Jericho works on the cut, but Shawn fights off both guys and tries to piledrive Jericho on the grating. Jericho reverses as the match kind of drifts along without a purpose.

2004, Scott Keith, Wrestling's One Ring Circus, page 114:

As a tribute to the burgeoning popularity of hardcore wrestling, Jerry agreed to piledrive someone through a wooden table to the concrete below.

2006, Brian Fritz, Christopher Murray, Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures, page 70:


pheon

(heraldry) A bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.


trefoiled

If the shield is regarded as one showing dimidiated arms, then it may be read as (dexter) gules, a cross trefoiled and voided or, . .. (sinister) gules (2), on two pallets argent, ladders (2) semé (?) azure.

1993, Adolph S. Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 141:

(heraldry) Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities; of a cross: having ends which terminate in trefoils (similar or identical to bottony).

There is a plain trefoiled window above in the tower; the lower part of the spire having two lancet windows, with a circle […] The pulpit is of modern oak, of five panels, each panel being divided into two trefoiled arched partitions;[…]

2014 March 28, James Conway Walter, A History of Horncastle (Illustrated), Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

(especially heraldry) Ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, as a bearing, partition, etc.


counterpassant

Arg. a bend engr. betw. in chief a lion pass., and in base a lion counterpassant gu.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 202:

(heraldry) Passant in opposite directions; said of two animals, or of one animal in relation to another animal on the same shield.


Daley

From Clipping of (Roch)dale. + -y. From dale.

(soccer) A supporter of Rochdale Association Football Club


amasthenic

(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.


Norroy

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”) + roi (“king”), Anglo-Norman roy (“king”).

(heraldry) The most northern of the English kings-of-arms, whose jurisdiction lies north of the Trent.


langued

From French langue (“tongue”). See language.

[…] Armed, as heralds cant, and langued, / Or, as the vulgar say, sharp-fanged; […]

1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:

lions […] represented as armed and langued gules

1866, John Edwin Cussans, The Grammar of Heraldry:


checkwork

The deluxe reel with every refinement including adjustable check, quick-release drum, dual checkwork, etc.

1964, The Fishing Gazette [New Series] - Issues 4524-4544, page 218:

With the reel comes an instruction booklet of exemplary clarity, in respect of both text and illustration, a necessity in view of the alterations to the checkwork which the angler himself may make for left or right-hand wind, for silent running and so on.

1979, The Salmon and Trout Magazine: Volumes 215-223, page 61:

When set properly, the checkwork should offer more resistance to the line when it's going out than when it's being wound in.

1987, A. J. McClane, Keith Gardner, The Complete Book of Fishing, page 20:

(fishing) The mechanism on a reel that halts it when it is unwinding.


recursant

From Latin recursans, recursantis, present participle of recursare (“to run back”), v. freq. of recurrere. See recur.

Argent, an eagle recursant, wings overture, sable.

1870, Routledge's Magazine for Boys, page 64:

(heraldry, especially of an eagle) Having its back towards the observer.


sideline cut

In the sideline-and-up pass, both the receiver and the passer are faking the sideline cut.

1958, Donald E. Fuoss, Quarterback generalship and strategy, page 96:

Here, the receiver combines the sideline-flag pattern with a second sideline cut.

1993, Bud Wilkinson, Football: Winning Offense, →ISBN, page 68:

The l, 2, and 4 players run picks; the picks are set to free up the 1 player for a sideline cut.

2006, Jill Prudden, Coaching Girls' Basketball Successfully, →ISBN, page 123:

The second passing option for O5 presents itself when O1 is unable to get open on the sideline cut.

2013, Winning Basketball Fundamentals, →ISBN, page 237:

(American football, basketball) A sudden change of direction and run for the sideline.

If it is too far back he can't get as sharp a downward angle or sideline cut.

1959 September, “Volleyball is a Rugged Game”, in Boys' Life, volume 49, number 9, page 56:

(volleyball) A shot where the ball is angled sharply toward the sideline, just barely in bounds.


Hollywooding

From Hollywood + -ing, referring to the products of its film industry.

(sports, slang) Obnoxiously self-aggrandizing or theatrical behavior.


opalotype

(historical, photography) A photograph taken on opalescent glass.


engrail

engrail (third-person singular simple present engrails, present participle engrailing, simple past and past participle engrailed)

engrails (present singular third-person)
engrailing (participle present)
engrailed (participle past)
engrailed (past)

He crossed through the high grass and went up the slope, climbing with handholds in the new turf until he gained the crest and turned to look down on the river and the city beyond, casting a gray glance along that varied world, the pieced plowland, the houses, the odd grady of the small metropolis against the green and blooming hills and the flat bow of the river like a serpentine trench poured with dull slag save where the wind engrailed its face and it shimmered lightly in the sun.

1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 120:

(transitive, heraldry, archaic) To indent with small curves.


post up

post up (third-person singular simple present posts up, present participle posting up, simple past and past participle posted up)

posts up (present singular third-person)
posting up (participle present)
posted up (participle past)
posted up (past)

(basketball) To establish a position in the frontcourt on one side or the other of the free-throw lane, especially used against smaller defenders.


away goal

In some sporting competitions, the number of away goals is taken into account when deciding the winner.


reverse pass

That seemed to inject life into United, and Rooney was denied by goalkeeper Yann Sommer from a Giggs reverse pass before seeing a penalty shout turned down.

2011 December 7, David Ornstein, “FC Basel 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A pass in which the player runs in the opposite direction to where he passed.


group stage

Their ambition of qualifying from the group stage was helped by Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes' decision to relegate many of his key players to the bench, having already won the group. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Mario Gomez, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller all watched from the sidelines.

2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) a stage of a tournament where teams in the same group play each other, typically followed by a knockout stage, to which the best team(s) of each group advance


BDC

(dance) Initialism of backing diagonally to the center.


tressured

/ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)d/

These instances, to say nothing of the tressured lion of the Scottish kings, are enough to show the complete acceptance of heraldry in Scotland at that time.

1914, John Horne Stevenson, Heraldry in Scotland, page 24:

When at sunrise the tressured lion was hoisted before the Lord-Lieutenant's pavilion, it was greeted by a salute of trumpets, and such a salute it was, in 1645, that first warned Argyll that Montrose, the King's Lieutenant,[…]

1956, Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Scots Heraldry: A Practical Handbook on the Historical Principles and Modern Application of the Art and Science, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 216:

(heraldry) Provided with or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure.


barruly

From Middle English berlē, beurlē, from Old French barlé, burlé, barelé, burelé.

Coordinate term: barry

(heraldry) Traversed (transversely) by barrulets or small bars.


Champions League

The result sees Arsenal leapfrog Chelsea - who face Manchester City on Monday - and occupy a Champions League spot for the first time this season.

2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The highest-level European club football (soccer) tournament, organised by UEFA.

Չեմպիոնների լիգա

UEFA Champions League: the highest-level European club football tournament

CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League

(soccer) An annual African football (soccer) competition, formally known as CAF Champions League.


shotproof

en-adj

shotproof (comparative more shotproof, superlative most shotproof)

more shotproof (comparative)
most shotproof (superlative)

Well, I didn't know it was that fellow, else I would have had a shot at him at once, before he had time to make himself shot-proof, but I thought it was great fun to watch him.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 73:

(hunting) Of quarry, reputedly unable to be shot.


pinhold

...into a take-down hold and possibly a pinhold— that pins his shoulders to the mat

1936, The Youth's Companion Combined with American Boy, page 23:

Then he was to lock his arms around his opponent's two arms and, using them as a lever, fall backward to the mat, then roll over. If it all worked, Jess would come up on top with a double armlock and body-press pinhold.

1971 January, Sam Barnes, “Standup to Victory”, in Boys' Life, volume 61, number 1:

Legs may serve to harass the opponent, as with the cokkbur; to anchor the lower part of the body, as when applying a stretcher, to deter action by the opponent, as used when applying a double wristlock; for control, as in a cross-body ride or guillotine, in lieu of arms, as in the figure-four head scissors; to trip, as in one variation of the double-leg takedown; to overcome the strength of an arm, as in a near-arm grapevine far-side half nelson; or to turn the opponent, as with the inverted cross-body pinhold.

1975, Warren J. Boring, Science and Skills of Wrestling, page 66:

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(wrestling, professional wrestling) A hold in which the opponent is pinned to the mat.


interfretted

Crest: Two laurel branches interfretted proper.

1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 1025:

Ermine, a Paternoster having the upper limb of the crucifix bent to dexter, gold, and interfretted with three bendlets gules, all between two dragons' heads erased sable, jessant-de-lys, or.[…]

1921, Herman Joseph Heuser, American Ecclesiastical Review, page 393:

(heraldry) Interlaced; linked together; said of charges or bearings.


barways

en-adv

barways (comparative more barways, superlative most barways)

more barways (comparative)
most barways (superlative)


rousant

(heraldry, of a bird, postpositive) Rising; represented in profile with its wings raised and typically also addorsed.


countertrippant

(heraldry) Trippant in opposite directions.


verdoy

French verdoyer (“to become green”). See verdant.

Gules a Bordure Argent charged with Verdoy of Trefoils slipped proper, that is Vert.

1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... the second edition, page 21:

SCOTT of Hedderwick, a younger son of Scott of Logie, argent, a fesse crenellé, between three lions' heads erased, gules; within a bordure of the last, verdoy of six flower-de-luces of the first.

1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry, speculative and practical, page 172:

Quarterly; 1st and 4th, the arms of France and England, quarterly; 2d, arms of Scotland; and 3d, those of Ireland; the whole within a border compone, argent and gules, the first charged with verdoy of roses of the second[…]

1827, Encyclopaedias, Encyclopaedia Edinensis: or, Dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, page 163:

(heraldry) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; said of a border.


switch pitcher

As the result of a childhood injury, Larry Kimbrough became both a switch hitter and a switch pitcher, and he carried those abilities all the way to the only major leagues available to a black ballplayer in the early 1940s: the Negro League

2000, Brent P. Kelley, The Negro leagues revisited: conversations with 66 more baseball heroes, →ISBN, page 142:

(baseball) A pitcher who pitches both right-handed and left-handed.


geländesprung

(skiing) Alternative form of gelandesprung


Texas heart shot

en-noun

Texas heart shot (plural Texas heart shots)

(hunting, firearms) A bullet fired through the anal area of an animal.


geländeläufer

From German Geländeläufer, from Gelände (“countryside”) + Läufer (“runner”), equivalent to English land + loper.

compound

(skiing) A cross-country skier; a participant in cross-country skiing.


enarched

(heraldry) Bent into a curve; said of a bend or other ordinary.


mousie

(fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.


flanch

English dialect [Term?] (“a projection”), Old French flanche (“flank”). See flank.

(heraldry) A bearing consisting of a circle segment encroaching on the field from the side, and always occurring in pairs.


have one's name taken

en-verb

have one's name taken (third-person singular simple present has one's name taken, present participle having one's name taken, simple past and past participle had one's name taken)

has one's name taken (present singular third-person)
having one's name taken (participle present)
had one's name taken (participle past)
had one's name taken (past)

When receiving a yellow card in some sports, one's name is recorded in the referee's booklet.

Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.
 Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.

2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:

(idiomatic, sports) To receive a yellow card.


drail

From Middle English *drailen (attested as drailed), a variant of Middle English trailen (“to hang loosely, drag along, drag away”), from a merger of Old French trailer, traillier (“to trail”) and Old English trǣġlian, trǣġelian (“to pluck, pull away”). The alteration of trailen to drailen was probably due to influence from Middle English dragan, drawen (“to drag, draw”).

cog

(fishing) The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.


drail

en-verb

drail (third-person singular simple present drails, present participle drailing, simple past and past participle drailed)

drails (present singular third-person)
drailing (participle present)
drailed (participle past)
drailed (past)

drailing for mackerel

(fishing, obsolete, intransitive) To trawl.


fieldsman

The batsmen took an easy single as the ball approached the fieldsman but Gambhir called for a second on the throw and Franklin uprooted the non-striker's stumps.

2009 March 19, AAP, “India 4-278 at stumps”, in Herald Sun:

Radley pulled it, as a great laugh went up, to the very spot from which the fieldsman had been removed.

I timed it successfully, and had no doubt of having added four to my score, when, to my astonishment, I saw a fieldsman running from the direction of the hedge.

1920, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920:

Watch the flying fieldsman, Keen to save the fourer, Gallop past the wooden box Sacred to the scorer!

William Grey, 1; Samuel Long, 2; James Brown, 3; George and John Simmons, one capital, the other so-so--an uncertain hitter, but a good fieldsman, 5; Joel Brent, excellent, 6; Ben Appleton--here was a little pause, for Ben's abilities at cricket were not completely ascertained, but then he was a good fellow, so full of fun and waggery!

1873, Various, The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI.:

(cricket, chiefly Australia, dated in UK) fielder


debruised

See debruise. Compare Old French debruisier (“to shatter, break”). Compare bruise.

uder

A lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it.

The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth.

1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 2, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

Serpent, embowed, the head debruised, or surmounted of the tail; also blazoned, […]

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 5:

(heraldry) Surmounted by an ordinary (or something else).


umbrated

This window consists of three lights, with trefoil arches in their heads. There remained, in the seventeenth century, a shield of stained glass in this window, bearing a lion rampant umbrated, over all a bend gules, Sutton.

1840, George Poulson, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, in the East-Riding of the County of York: Including the Abbies of Meaux and Swine, With the Priories of Nunkeeling and Burstall, page 260:

He then introduces some fanciful remarks about arms being umbrated or shadowed, an idea apparently arising from their […]

1865, The Herald and Genealogist, page 96:

3 dolphins bowed and umbrated—Caldicote.

1894, Samuel Tymms, Charles Harold Evelyn-White, East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries on Subjects Connected with the Counties of Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex and Norfolk, page 373:


bromize

en-verb

bromize (third-person singular simple present bromizes, present participle bromizing, simple past and past participle bromized)

bromizes (present singular third-person)
bromizing (participle present)
bromized (participle past)
bromized (past)

to bromize a silvered plate

bromized colloidon

(photography, archaic, transitive) To prepare or treat with bromine, especially in photography.


gangion

/ˈɡænd͡ʒiən/

Probably an alteration of ganging (“fishing leader for attaching a hook to a line”).

(fishing) A short line attached to a trawl.


high and tight

Comparing the terms high and tight for the longer hair on the high part of the scalp and the shortest or tight-to-the-scalp hair on the sides.

(baseball) Being a pitch that is thrown close to the batter, but does not hit him.


guppie

(climbing) A climbing hold, refers to the way the climber's hand is turned sideways and grips a hold by cupping it with the little-finger side of the hand.


embowed

A dexter and sinister arm embowed in armour, each hand grasping a spear erect […]

1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales:

(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched like a bow.


muriated

(photography) Prepared with silver chloride through the agency of common salt.


campaned

For quotations using this term, see Citations:campaned.

(heraldry, uncommon) Furnished with campanes (bells).


guze

Uncertain. Attested since at least 1562. According to "A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry" by James Parker (published in 1894) it comes from Turkish göz, meaning “eye”.

(heraldry) A roundlet of the sanguine tincture, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.


counterchanged

If the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.

(heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.


appaumé

(heraldry, of a hand) Open and extended so as to show the palm with thumb and fingers at full length.


top seed

(sports, games) The player or team given the highest ranking in a seeded tournament, who has the most favourable draw.


top out

top out (third-person singular simple present tops out, present participle topping out, simple past and past participle topped out)

tops out (present singular third-person)
topping out (participle present)
topped out (participle past)
topped out (past)

(intransitive, climbing) To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.


total football

(soccer) A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.


finary

(archaic, ironworking) Alternative form of finery


candlepin

(bowling) A kind of cylindrical tenpin used in a North American regional form of bowling.


morné

From French morné. Possibly doublet of mourn.

A lion morné appears as a canting charge in the coat of the old French family of DE MORNAY : - Fascé d'argent, et de gueules, au lion morné de sable couronné d'or brochant sur le tout. I have noticed that the lion morné occurs in the arms of several old Breton families, KERBOURIOU, KERBESCAT, KERANGUEN, etc.

1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 218:

[…] Self-appointed 'reformers' of heraldic terminology will contend that since lions morné and lions eviré have have barely an existence in current armory, the words themselves are mere textbook fill-up […]

1963, Julian Franklyn, Shield and Crest: An Account of the Art and Science of Heraldry, page 92:

(heraldry, attitude of beasts) Rampant without teeth, beak, tongue, claws, etc.


herisson

French hérisson, hedgehog. Doublet of urchin.


fracted

Chevron. (Stafford.) 4. Chevron ployé. (Moll.) 7. Chevronels. (Clare.) 10. Chevron fracted. (Rozier de Linage.) 2. Chevron checquy. (Sempill.) 5. Chevron reversed. (Bulgarini.) 8. Chevron cotised. (Clutton.)[…]

1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 136:

[…] gules a chevron raguly fracted in the centre argent (F.)

1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with 830 Zinco Etchings from Effigies, Brasses and Coats of Arms, page 83:

[…] in base saltireways a pipe, bowl up, and a tomahawk, blade up and turned outward, the shaft fracted, all gules.

1908, Ralph Adams Cram, Christian Art: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to Current Church Building, American and Foreign, and the Allied Ecclesiological Arts, with Expert Discussions of All Topics Relating to Christian Archaeology, page 70:

(heraldry) Having a part displaced or broken; said of an ordinary or other charge.


bicorporate

A bicorporate lion, gardant, rampant, counter-rampant, coward, is seen in the arms of John Northampton, Lord Mayor of London[…]

1857, The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, page 152:

Gules, a bicorporate lion guardant rampant counter-rampant coward or, ducally crowned azure - John NORTHAMPTON, Lord Mayor of London, 1381 and 1382.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 378:


game manager

He was a "game manager" who threw five interceptions on the season, a steady, if unspectacular, player surrounded by a solid team.

(American football) A quarterback who makes a minimum number of mistakes on a team that relies on its defense and rushing offense to win games.


junkball

(tennis, sometimes derogatory) A deliberately slow shot.

(baseball) An off-speed pitch, such as a changeup, a curveball or a slider.


fitched

Argent, two bars wavy sable, and on a chief of the second three crosses patée fitched or, to the name of Hurbey

(Can we date this quote?), William Newton, Display of Heraldry:


IBB

(baseball) Initialism of intentional base on balls, an intentional walk.


shakefork

CUNNINGHAM of GLENGARNOCK, descended of a second Son of Henry Cuninghame of Kilmaures, and his Spouse Riddel Heiress of Glengarnock […] carry Argent, a Shakefork Sable, charged with a Cinque foil of the first: […]

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 196:

CUNYNGHAME of Milneraig and Livingston (L. O., 1775). Argent, a shakefork sable between three fleurs-de-lis azure, one in chief and two in flank.

1910, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour, page 403:

(heraldry) A pall, especially one which stops short of the edges of the shield and which has pointed ends.


escarbuncle

Old French escharboncle, see Modern French escaboucle.


escaloped

en-adj

escaloped (comparative more escaloped, superlative most escaloped)

more escaloped (comparative)
most escaloped (superlative)

(heraldry) Covered with a scaly pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. (Compare papelonné.)


gelandesprung

/ɡəˈlɛndəˌʃpɹʊŋ/

From German Geländesprung, equivalent to Gelände (“countryside, terrain”) + Sprung (“jump”). More at land, spring.

compound

Ove Nygren, the motorcycle-racing man-child of the U.S. Pro Tour, was among the air-happy honchos who thought the event should include a gelandesprung.

1994, “The World's Greatest Skiers?”, in Skiing, volume 47, number 3, page 152:

Gelandesprung literally means terrain jump.

2009, “Snowbowl Gelande Championship”, in Montana Snowbowl, retrieved 2012-02-04:

(skiing) A jump, usually over an obstacle, made in downhill skiing.


gelande

The base area is adorned with an immense gelande jump, off which qualified skiers regularly catch 200 feet of air.

1993, “The Secret Kingdom of Ski Bums”, in Skiing, volume 46, number 1, page 110:

Gelande is a two day ski jump event attracting national media as well as jumpers from all over the U.S.

Little Cottonwood Canyon has a rich history with gelande competitions, and watching skiers soar over 200 feet is not something you get to see every day.

2009 April 19, “Skiers Take Flight at Snowbird Gelande”, in First Tracks:

But somewhere along the way gelande quaffing was lost and the aprés spirit forgotten.

2010 April 9, “'Gelande Quaffing' competition Saturday in Vail Valley”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Vail, CO: Vail Daily:

(skiing) a shortening of gelandesprung, a form of ski jumping.


overbow

en-verb

overbow (third-person singular simple present overbows, present participle overbowing, simple past and past participle overbowed)

overbows (present singular third-person)
overbowing (participle present)
overbowed (participle past)
overbowed (past)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/

Another characteristic of an "overbowed" archer can readily be observed by watching the alignment of his back while he is shooting.

1963, Arnold Otto Haugen, Harland G. Metcalf, Field Archery and Bowhunting, page 12:

I know you've heard it before, but no advice on bow selection or shooting would be complete without saying it: Don't “overbow” yourself! Start with a light- to moderate-weight bow and work up if you feel the need to be shooting something heavier.

2016, Ron Rohrbaugh Jr, A Traditional Bowhunter's Path, page 23:

I don't want to overbow a customer because if I do, they're going to get turned off to traditional archery.

2007, Dan Bertalan, The Traditional Bowyers Encyclopedia:

Don't be tempted to overbow yourself — to use limbs that are too heavy for you.

2023, Ben Hastings, The Intermediate Archer:

(archery, transitive) To provide (an archer) with a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.

The tendency of all archers is to overbow.

1940, Ye Sylvan Archer - Volumes 12-15, page 4:

The most important rule for anyone thinking of making a bow is not to overbow or underbow. The bow at full draw should be just at the limit of the shooter's strength.

2011, Erik Roth, With a Bended Bow: Archery in Mediaeval and Renaissance Europe:

(archery, intransitive) To use a bow that requires more strength than the archer can fully draw.


engrailment

en-noun

engrailment (countable and uncountable, plural engrailments)

(heraldry) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.


charbocle

The horse is entirely covered by a flowing checkered trapper, with a charbocle like that of the earl's crest, fixed between the ears.

1914, Surrey Archaeological Collections, page 125:

The device of the charbocle is thought to emanate from an ornamental or more probably a constructional part of a shield and is most often associated with the kings of Navarre or the counts and dukes of Cleves, and as a difference with the family of Mandeville. The centre of the charbocle was sometimes known as the heart and the possibility that the heart depicted at the centre of the Basset charbocle may be a pun cannot be ignored.

2002, Laurence Keen, Eileen Scarff, Windsor, page 133:

The armorial decoration of the inside of the shield, in the form of a charbocle on a ground powdered with fleurs-de-lis, was recognised by Gough as referring to Joan of Navarre, the second wife of Henry IV.

2003, Jenny Stratford, The Lancastrian Court: Proceedings of the 2001 Harlaxton Symposium, page 132:

The oval medallion consists of a crowned shield with two rampant lions as supporters. The crowned lion on the left represents Berg whereas the lion on the right symbolizes Jülich. The triparted shield consists of a charbocle (Cleve) , a fess checky (Mark), and three chevrons (Ravensburg).

2004, Jamestown Rediscovery, 1994-2004, page 4:


SJS

(ice hockey) Initialism of San Jose Sharks.


pily

en-adj

pily (comparative more pily, superlative most pily)

more pily (comparative)
most pily (superlative)

bend pily, chief pily

Milles very improperly uses the term for per pale indented throughout, or barry pily.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 48:

Barry pily of eight or and gu.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 54:

(A) A chief pily. (B) Similar, but made to form a bordure with 2 teeth in chief. (C) 3 piles - - - (partly underground). (D) Argent 3 piles checky and on a chief checky 3 annulets or. (E) On a chief pily 3 annulets.

1914, Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, page 69:

(heraldry) Marked by many narrow piles (wedges).


bloodstick

1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
A bloodstick - a piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead — is used to strike the fleam into the vein

(farriery) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, used to strike the fleam into the vein.


counter-couchant

(heraldry) Lying down, with the heads in opposite directions.


butteris

Related to buttress (noun). From French bouter (“to push”).

(farriery) A cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the operator's shoulder, used in paring the hoofs of horses.


ATL

(colloquial, sports) Abbreviation of Atlanta.


bromoil

en-noun

bromoil (countable and uncountable, plural bromoils)

(photography) An early photographic process that starts with a normally developed print exposed onto a silver-bromide paper that is then chemically bleached, hardened, and fixed.


run of play

Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 225:

Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.

2010 April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, in Seattle Times:

(idiomatic, sports, games) A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.


Linsanity

(US, basketball, slang) Enthusiasm and excitement about the sudden rise of Jeremy Lin (then of the NBA's New York Knicks) to basketball stardom in 2012.


lead the line

en-verb

lead the line (third-person singular simple present leads the line, present participle leading the line, simple past and past participle led the line)

leads the line (present singular third-person)
leading the line (participle present)
led the line (participle past)
led the line (past)

Andy Carroll is leading the line, with Suarez playing behind him.

Martial, who had been an injury doubt, led the line with strength and positivity.

2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:

(idiomatic, soccer) To play as centre forward.


marined

From marine + -ed; compare French mariné.

Some other of the marined animals deserve special attention. Sea-horses in the earliest heraldic examples closely resemble the queer fish known by that name (the hippocampus), but classic art had furnished quite another type: the forequarters of a horse, with mane and hoofs, and the hindquarters replaced by a fish's tail.

1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, A. B. C. of Heraldry, page 76:

The menagerie of blazonry has been enlarged by representing nearly all of the animals at times with fish-tails, when they are said to be marined.

1924, Clark Barnaby Firestone, The Coasts of Illusion: A Study of Travel Tales, page 67:

He was a marined, a merman, neither one thing nor the other.

The capitals of the four columns that support the wall between the pronaos and the naos (Ilieș, 1969) are decorated with acanthus leaves, with the following sculptures: the eagle holding the lamb in its claws (it symbolizes the simple man, innocence, kindness), with an angel on its flanks (the messenger of God, the guardian who watches over each man in order to keep him away from evil and to incite him to goodness) with his arms clasped onto his chest (fig. 16); a fantastic animal – marined "lion" (with the lower part of the body terminated in a fish tail, like that of the mermaids) (Pastoureau, 2008) (fig. 17).

2020, Laurentiu Stefan Szemkovics, Camelia Teodorescu, “Zoomorphic Shields and Motifs From the Colțea Church in Bucharest”, in Quaestus:

(chiefly heraldry) Having the lower part of the body like a fish.


utility player

(sports) A player who can play more than one position.

(fantasy sports) A player who accumulates stats without being assigned to any particular position.


cramponee

(heraldry) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; said of a cross.


photoelectrotype

(dated, photography) An electrotype plate formed in a mould made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc.


blocked shot

(sports) A shot that is grabbed or batted away by an opposing player before it reaches the basket, goal, etc.


cellar dweller

A publicity stunt has gone horribly wrong for Gold Coast United after the A-League cellar dwellers suspended their coach Miron Bleiberg indefinitely over comments regarding teenager Mitch Cooper's appointment as skipper.

2012 February 16, “Gold Coast United suspend coach”, in ESPN Australia:

Cellar dwellers Gold Coast United will not be turned into a travelling road show to combat poor home support according to the club's owner Clive Palmer.

2012 February 12, “No Travelling Road Show For United”, in Australian four Four Two, archived from the original on 2012-09-05:

2006 November 8, “Defending champs downed by cellar dweller”, in Vancouver Sun:

(US, Canada, Australia, sports) A team at the bottom of a league, or in a lower league.


one-and-done

John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players.

(slang, basketball) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.

(US, informal, sports) The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it.


centre-forward

(soccer) Alternative form of centre forward


woolder

(ropemaking) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it.


engouled

Via Middle English from Old French engoulé, past participle of engouler.

an infant engouled by a serpent

(heraldry) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything.


engoulé

a bend engoulé of dragons


phantascope

(historial, photography) An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope and illustrating the same principle.


photoglyphy

From photo- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) + -y.

(historical, photography) A kind of engraving caused by the action of light, used in the mid 19th century


crimpy

en-adj

crimpy (comparative more crimpy, superlative most crimpy)

more crimpy (comparative)
most crimpy (superlative)


The Chicago Cubs finished ten games over .500, but still didn't make the playoffs.

(sports) An equal number of wins and losses.


anticor

From anti- + Latin cor (“heart”); compare French anticœur.

(obsolete, equestrianism) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.


courtcraft

(sports) Skill on the court, as in squash or tennis.


false flat

(cycling) A low-gradient climb, usually occurring partway up a steeper climb.


wheelsucker

(cycling) A rider who sits on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.


chainstay

(cycling) Alternative spelling of chain stay.


groupset

The debate about the pros and cons of the groupset has simmered among cyclists since. The argument in favour is that components are manufactured to work efficiently together, while providing a unitary look to a bicycle.

2011, Robert Penn, It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 104:

The makeup of the groupset is another important factor in building a road bike. Groupset is a term for most of the other bits that make up your bicycle—the brakes, shifters, dérailleurs, rear cassette, bottom bracket, chain, cranks and possibly the headset, seatpost and hubs. These components are all lumped together because bicycle manufacturers buy them as a group from one supplier to ease their process of building your bike.

2013, Gavin Wright, Ben Williams, Cycling For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

(cycling) A complete set of matching bicycle drive control components, including brake calipers, cranks, chainrings, bottom bracket, etc.


derny

Borrowed from French derny, named after the French manufacturer of the original derny bicycle, Roger Derny et Fils.

Of course, a familiar sight in a velodrome is the derny, with its characteristic engine sound. Before the cyclists come onto the track, the derny riders perform a few laps to warm up their engines.

2015, Jan Maes, Merckx 69: Celebrating the World's Greatest Cyclist in His Finest Year, A&C Black, →ISBN:

(cycling) A motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such as keirin.


stakehead

(ropemaking) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.


cottised

(heraldry, of a bend, bar, fess, chevron, etc) Set between two thin lines (cottises).


ajouré

ajouré (comparative more ajouré, superlative most ajouré)

more ajouré (comparative)
most ajouré (superlative)

Borrowed from French ajouré (“perforated”).

(heraldry) Depicted in the same color as the field in order to imply that one can see through the element to the field; voided of the field.


unbit

en-verb

unbit (third-person singular simple present unbits, present participle unbitting, simple past and past participle unbitted)

unbits (present singular third-person)
unbitting (participle present)
unbitted (participle past)
unbitted (past)

(equestrianism, transitive) to remove the bit from (a horse's mouth)


gourdy

en-adj

gourdy (comparative more gourdy, superlative most gourdy)

more gourdy (comparative)
most gourdy (superlative)

Either from gourd, or less likely from French gourd (“benumbed”).

(farriery, of a horse, obsolete) Having swollen legs


double bonus

Colorado was in the double bonus for the last few minutes of the game, but had trouble hitting the free throws.

(basketball) The award of two free throws on any sort of foul when enough fouls have been accumulated.


Elite Eight

(basketball, US, informal) The eight teams participating in the regional finals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) The round of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament where all but 8 teams have been eliminated.

(basketball, US, informal) The eight teams that advance to the site of the final rounds of the NCAA Division II tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Elite Eight, whether in Division I or II.


role player

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat because their team had solid role players like J.J. Barea and Shawn Marion.

(basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.


inclave

Per Fess, (or party per Fess) Pattee, (or Inclave) Argent and Azure. […] Gules, a Chief ingrail'd, Or. Tho' this Line is form'd after the Manner of the invecked, yet it very much differs therefrom, because […]

1735, Francis Nichols, The British Compendium: Or, Rudiments of Honour ..., page 23:

PLATE VII. CHIEFS. Fig. 1 Chief, the base masoned. […] 7 With one embattlement. 8 Inclave. 9 Arched. In base a Point impaled.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia heraldica, or Complete dictionary of heraldry: Reference to the plates:

(heraldry) Resembling a series of dovetails; said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.


bobfly

This fly is always best as the bobfly on the cast.

1866, Sir Randal Howland Roberts, The river's side: or, The trout and grayling, and how to take them, page 74:

a fish came in on the bobfly

1904, Stephen Lucius Gwynn, Fishing holidays:

He watched the upper fold of the curved line rolling itself out almost parallel to the lower, and the flies finally alighting upon the surface of the water one after the other in beautiful sequence from the bobfly to the tail.

1908, The Badminton magazine of sports & pastimes: Volume 26:

(fishing) The fly at the end of the leader.


cottise

Compare French côté (“side”), Latin costa (“rib”).

(heraldry) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend: a thin line borne around another charge.


cottise

en-verb

cottise (third-person singular simple present cottises, present participle cottising, simple past and past participle cottised)

cottises (present singular third-person)
cottising (participle present)
cottised (participle past)
cottised (past)

(heraldry, transitive) To border a bend, etc., with cottises, barrulets, etc.


biffer

(informal, cricket) An attacking batsman.


pegbox

(music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.


torteau

From Old French torteau, tortel, from Latin tortus (“twisted”). See tort.

(heraldry) A roundel of a red colour (gules).


throw-off

When a player of the side having the throw-off at the center, crosses the halfway line ahead of the ball, he is "off-side" and the ball shall be called back for a second throw from a new line five yards back of the halfway line.

1929, American Physical Education Review - Volume 34, page 306:

The teams shall alternate throw-offs at the beginning of each period.

1979, Craig T. Norback, Peter G. Norback, The New American Guide to Athletics, Sports & Recreation, page 222:

Thereafter, throw-offs occur after every goal.

2003, Dorothy Zakrajsek, Lois Carnes, Frank E. Pettigrew, Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary Physical Education, page 574:

When a goal was scored, instead of lining up at their respective ends, the teams took up their positions, the forward lines being three feet from the center of the pond; and when starting the ball the centre forward of the team against whom the goal had been scored had the throw-off, but had to pass to either wing, and not back.

Precise and well-timed throw-offs are essential.

(sports) A throw taken to resume play, such as after a goal or at the start of a period.


countermark

(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.


whipper-in

en-noun

whipper-in (plural whipper-ins or whippers-in)

whipper-ins (plural)
whippers-in (plural)

“[…] I shall take to hunting a pack of hounds myself after this.”
“Do, my dear, and I'll be your whipper-in. I wonder whether Mrs. Proudie would join us.”

1860 January – 1861 April, Anthony Trollope, chapter IV, in Framley Parsonage. […] (Collection of British Authors; 551), copyright edition, volume I, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published April 1861, →OCLC:

The other servant was an old man, who had been whipper-in to a baronet in the next county, and knew as much of the ways of wild animals as Burton did of those of his horses; […]

1871, George MacDonald, chapter X, in The Vicar's Daughter:

Now the clerk […] saw the hunting man pass, and presently saw lots more of ’em, noblemen and gentry, and then he saw the hounds, the huntsman, Jim Treadhedge, the whipper-in, and I don’t know who besides.

1894, Thomas Hardy, “Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk”, in Life’s Little Ironies […], London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:

(hunting) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the chase.


follow-on

(cricket) The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.


CFG

City Football Group
w:City Football Group

(soccer) Initialism of City Football Group.


side center

(basketball) A former position in women's basketball that played in the backcourt along with the guards.


ten-strike

I started to tell him I warn't studying Jeff Middleton, but jest then a lot of whooping bust out in the bowling alley like somebody had made a ten-strike or something, and here come six men busting into the bar whooping and yelling and slapping one of 'em on the back.

1936, Robert E. Howard, Evil Deeds at Red Cougar:

(bowling, dated) A strike; the knocking down of all ten pins with one delivery of the ball.


air jacket

1765, George Alexander Stevens, The Celebrated Lecture on Heads, London: R. Richards, Part 3, p. 16,
[…] our army all should wear a new uniform; all our horse infantry should wear air jackets, and all our foot cavalry should wear cork waistcoats; and then ye know why they’d be all over the sea before you could say Jack Robinson.

Anna Sparks shrugged into her air jacket and slipped her bib over the top of it. There was a time when she'd have felt invincible in the lead-up to the cross-country, especially if she'd posted a personal best of 40.3 to lie third behind David Powell and Sam Tide after the dressage, but today nerves roared through her system like ocean waves, building and crashing.

2014, Lauren St John, The One Dollar Horse:

If a competitor chooses to wear an inflatable air jacket during the cross country phase it must be placed over the top of a body protector, whereas in the other phases/other disciplines the air jacket can be worn without a body protector.

2017, Guy N. Rutty, Essentials of Autopsy Practice, page 94:

(equestrianism) An inflatable vest worn to cushion falls.


countertime

countertime (countable and uncountable, plural countertimes)

From counter- + time. Compare contretemps.

(equestrianism, obsolete) The resistance of a horse that interrupts its cadence and the measure of its manège, caused by bad horsemanship or the bad temper of the horse.


catchweight

They'll break from the gate in full tack with jockeys riding catchweight in silks.

1976 December 3, “Oldtimers race is well received”, in El Paso Herald-Post:

to ride catchweight

(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.


catchweight

There were also races for gentlemen-riders, in whch all the best performers of the day took part. Lord Glamis, afterwards Earl of Strathmore, rode his maiden race there—a catchweight match with Sir Watkin Wynn, a rare bit of fun got up by the officers of the 1st Life Guards.

1874, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes - Volume 25, page 225:

And— He reached the paddock and took up an unobtrusive position at the rail to watch the first race for which a mounted Police bugler had just sounded the “Boot and Saddle.” It was a catchweight sprint for local farmers' ponies.

1934, Ridgwell Cullum, The Flaming Wilderness, page 265:

In a “catchweight" race, no horse is required to carry a specific weight. Instead, each horse may carry what his trainer chooses.

1977, M. Eugene Ensminger, The Complete Encyclopedia of Horses, page 102:

If pressed he would call these catchweight fights, but they were really just demolition without a weigh-in or any formality beyond money changing hands.

2011, Sam Hawken, The Dead Women of Juárez, →ISBN:

At the time he took the pub on, Peter, aged twenty-five, was a catchweight wrestler.

2014, Mervyn Edwards, Stoke on Trent Pubs, →ISBN:

(sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.


catchweight

catchweight (countable and uncountable, plural catchweights)

There was an especially good entry, thirty-nine horses, representing twenty-two regiments, being entered in the Light Weight race, which was for horses five years old and upwards, the property of oflicers on full or half pay of the Regular Army, that had not won a race under the recognised rules of steeplechasing in any country, point-to-point races excepted; while eighteen faced the starter in the Welter race, in which the conditions were the same, excepting that the catchweight was 13 st. 7 lb.

1908, Cavalry Journal - Volume 3, page 266:

The fatal difference 'twixt his weight and mine, A second battle should he do this day : Nay, though outmatched I be, let but my mistress Give me the word: instant I'll take him on Here — now — at catchweight.

1911, Archibald Henderson, George Bernard Shaw His Life and Works, page 76:

He was sent in at catchweights against George Chip before his left eye was healed from an old cut.

1984, Lesley Choyce, The Cape Breton Collection, page 84:

The distance was three and threequarter miles, and the conditions briefly—catchweight over 13 stone, all horses to be the property of, and ridden by, an M.P., and no horse to have previously won a steeplechase.

2013, Alfred E. Pease, Hunting Reminiscences, →ISBN:

On May 29, it was announced that the two men had signed to fight at a catchweight of 152 pounds.

2014, Thomas Hauser, Thomas Hauser on Boxing: Another Year Inside the Sweet Science, →ISBN:

(sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.


disquaire

Borrowed, with a change in meaning, from French disquaire (“record dealer; record shop”).

bor

Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable—like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby.

1963 July 5, “The Compleat Virtuosi”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Warner Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-12-22:

In fact, [Harry] Meyerson had Slim Hyatt, the "disquaire" (disk jockey) at Shepheards, assist him in programming the album.

1964 May 30, Mike Gross, “Deccareques Put Out for Discothequeniks”, in Billboard: The International Music-record Newsweekly, Cincinnati, Oh.: The Billboard Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 1, column 3:

In France, clubs found they didn't need live musicians to get people to dance – just a disquaire who "programmed" dance records and moods for the evening. Such a place had a name too, a discotheque.

2010, Robert Milliken, “Lillian Roxon: Selected Writings”, in Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story, 2nd edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, pages 408–409:

He'd given the albums to the disquaire affiliated with Chez Castel, the popular Parisian discotheque.

2012, William J. Mann, “Spring 1964”, in Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, section 7, page 487:

(dance, music, dated) A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country.


163rd game

One game beyond the customary length of the Major League Baseball season, 162 games.

Much to the surprise of both the Red Sox and the Yankees, the Yankees lost. The Red Sox, however, did not. ¶ As a result, baseball's two best teams would be facing each other in a 163rd game. The winner would take on the Kansas City Royals in the league championship series, the prelude to the World Series, […]

2008, Richard Bradley, The Greatest Game, Free Press, →ISBN, page x:

The win-loss percentage is simply the number of games won divided by the total number of games played (the total number of games played is 162 at the end of the regular season). If two teams are tied at the end of the regular season, a 163rd game will be scheduled to break the tie.

2016, Dan Formosa, Paul Hamburger, Baseball Field Guide, 3rd edition, New York: The Experiment, →ISBN, page 18:

After the 162-game season, the Rays and the Rangers were both 91–71 and tied for the second wild-card spot in the AL. That meant a 163rd game was needed to decide who would go to the playoffs.

2023, Luke Hanlon, Tampa Bay Rays, Minneapolis: Abdo Publishing, →ISBN, page 29:

(baseball) A one-game playoff between two teams for a playoff spot.


clear one's lines

en-verb

clear one's lines (third-person singular simple present clears one's lines, present participle clearing one's lines, simple past and past participle cleared one's lines)

clears one's lines (present singular third-person)
clearing one's lines (participle present)
cleared one's lines (participle past)
cleared one's lines (past)

The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign.

2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:

(sports, idiomatic) To clear the ball away from a dangerous position.


man down

man down (third-person singular simple present mans down, present participle manning down, simple past and past participle manned down)

mans down (present singular third-person)
manning down (participle present)
manned down (participle past)
manned down (past)

man (“to brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way; to supply (something) with staff or crew; to accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men”) + down

Eyasses begin a transition period in the late summer as their falconry training begins. This critical period involves manning down the raptor, slowly lowering the body weight, and controlled flight training.

1995, Main Conference Proceedings: Annual Conference & Expo, August 28 – September 2, 1995, Orlando, Fla.: Association of Avian Veterinarians, →OCLC, page 176:

When taken directly from the chamber, initially Mrs Woods [a sparrowhawk] showed a high level of fear but when manned down, she went on to show no aggression whatsoever.

2014, Ben Crane, Sparrowhawks: A Falconer's Guide, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press, →ISBN:

(transitive, chiefly falconry) To train (a raptor or other type of bird) to become accustomed to the presence of people; to man.


pogie

2000 November 12, Merill Hilf, ‘Tis the Season to Layer, Rowing News, page 4,
Pogies are essential for winter rowing, and I also favor sock liners made of wool, silk, or polypropylene worn under a nice thick pair of wool socks. […] A pogie is basically a mitten worn over your hand with a hole in the side for the oar handle.

Pogies are another option for keeping your hands warm, especially in extreme cold. Pogies are sheaths of nylon or neoprene and fleece that fit over the paddle shaft. You place your hands inside them and grip the paddle directly. Although pogies will keep your hands even warmer than gloves, they will not provide any abrasion protection from rocks.

2008, John Lull, Sea Kayaking Safety & Rescue, unnumbered page:

An alternative is pogies: mitts that extend over the hands, wrists, and a portion of the paddle shaft. Once pogies are fitted onto the paddle shaft, kayakers slide their hands into the pogie tube, where they can grasp the paddle. Pogies allow direct hand contact with the paddle while offering protection from wind. Offered in either nylon (sometimes fleece lined) or neoprene, pogies can also provide insulation.

2012, Dan Henderson, Sea Kayaking: Basic Skills, Paddling Techniques, and Expedition Planning, page 27:

(rowing, kayaking) A protective hand covering attached to the oars or paddles while rowing, canoeing or kayaking. They insulate the hands from wind and cold while allowing the bare hands inside to contact the paddle shaft or oar and maintain grip and feel.

(cycling, motorcycling) A protective hand covering, sometimes insulated, attached to handlebars to protect hands from wind and precipitation.


tilt-shift

(photography, chiefly attributive) The use of camera movements to simulate a miniature scene in the resulting photograph.


ambrosin

From Latin ambrosīnus (nummus), from Ambrosius (“Ambrose”), the patron saint of Milan.

(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.

ambrosin

early coin of the Duchy of Milan, bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose


T-stop

(photography) A transmission stop; an alternative to an f-stop.

(skating) A method of stopping by placing one foot perpendicular to, and behind, the other, thereby forming a T shape.


T-stop

T-stop (third-person singular simple present T-stops, present participle T-stopping, simple past and past participle T-stopped)

T-stops (present singular third-person)
T-stopping (participle present)
T-stopped (participle past)
T-stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating) To perform a T-stop.


hockey stop

(skating, skiing) A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.


hockey stop

hockey stop (third-person singular simple present hockey stops, present participle hockey stopping, simple past and past participle hockey stopped)

hockey stops (present singular third-person)
hockey stopping (participle present)
hockey stopped (participle past)
hockey stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating, skiing) To perform a hockey stop.


bundleware

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(philately) Postage stamps of the same issue tied together in small bundles, usually for bulk sorting or sale.


IIHF

/ˈdʌb.əɫˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

/aɪˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

(sports, ice hockey) Initialism of International Ice Hockey Federation.


Doonhamers

(soccer, informal) Queen of the South Football Club, a football club based in Dumfries, Scotland.


Caley

(soccer) Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, a football club based in Inverness, Scotland


Primeira Liga

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in Portugal.


Killie

(soccer) Kilmarnock Football Club, a football club based in Kilmarnock, Scotland.


Hibs

Garry O'Connor stabbed Hibs into a third-minute lead from close range and the Edinburgh side deservedly went into the break with their lead intact.

2012 April 14, Clive Lindsay, “Aberdeen 1-2 Hibernian”, in BBC:

(soccer) Hibernian Football Club, a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland.


Serie A

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in Italy.


Dons

Few goals had been expected with the three league meetings between the sides this season having produced one goal - and that a controversial penalty scored by Dons striker Scott Vernon.

(soccer) Aberdeen Football Club, a football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.

(soccer) Wimbledon Football Club, a defunct football club based in London.

(soccer) AFC Wimbledon, a football club based in London, founded by the supporters of Wimbledon FC.

(soccer) Milton Keynes Dons F.C., a football club based in Milton Keynes, England.


Ligue 1

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in France.


Eredivisie

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in the Netherlands.


Bundesliga

(soccer) The German Football Bundesliga (the highest division of professional men's football in Germany)

(soccer) The Austrian Football Bundesliga (the highest division of professional men's football in Austria)


Boro

They created the better chances while Boro, looking every inch a troubled team, rarely looked like avoiding a third successive goalless home draw.

1999, Stuart Barnes, “Boro's form keeps failing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian:

If, however, Boro let their guard slip, you can bet the Tigers will tear their guests for the day to shreds. In not one game this season have City sat back. Against Middlesbrough it will surely be no different.

2009, Ian Waterstone, Live Through the Dream: The Epic Journey Depicting Hull City's First Ever Season in the Top Flight of English Football, →ISBN, page 124:

Last week, the man from the local paper told the 24-year-old author that in years to come the "Linny", as the pub is known, will feature prominently on "Richard Milward Tours" of Boro.

2009, Caspar Llewellyn Smith, “A night out with the young bard of Boro”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian:

(chiefly soccer and Teesside) The town of Middlesbrough, and more specifically Middlesbrough FC football club.

Craig Reid struck the United woodwork, while Boro goalkeeper Chris Day had to tip over a header from his own midfielder Michael Bostwick.

2012 May 11, Chris Osborne, “Stevenage 0-0 Sheff Utd”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) Stevenage Football Club, a football team from Stevenage formerly known as Stevenage Borough Football Club


serve up

serve up (third-person singular simple present serves up, present participle serving up, simple past and past participle served up)

serves up (present singular third-person)
serving up (participle present)
served up (participle past)
served up (past)

He thought he was about to score, but he served it up to the other team.

West served up another fungo pass which Ulrichs flagrantly stole from Minisi on the 4.

1946 September 13, Lee A Gould, “Princeton 17, Pennsylvania 14”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 47:

Livan Hernandez each allowed a major league-high 34 home runs; they were among the 605 different pitchers who served up long balls in 2007.

2007, Bryan Tsao, Carolina Bolado, Joe Distelheim, The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2008, →ISBN, page 172:

Messi was caught in possession by Frank Lampard, who released Ramires, and the reliable Brazilian served up the perfect cross for Drogba to sweep a left-footed finish past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, sports) To pitch, throw, serve, or kick a ball to an opponent so that it is easily hit or intercepted.


time added on

Incredibly, all three of Chelsea's goals in the tie were scored in time added on, while Barcelona enjoyed 72% of possession in both legs.

2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:


trippant

From trip + -ant, alteration of tripping, present participle of trip. Compare Scots trippand (“tripping”), present participle of trip (“to skip, go nimbly, trip”).

[Borne by the late 1737.] Richard Davies, Esq. of Kent, 1833.] Davison, gu. a stag, trippant, or.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry:

Crest, a buck roe-bucks, trippant, or, as many quatrefoils gu.

1830, Thomas Robson, The British Herald, page 82:

a buck trippant within an orle […] three bucks trippant […]

1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry, page 349:

(heraldry) Represented as walking or trotting, usually with one of the forehooves lifted while the remaining three are on the ground.


sarcelled

From Old French cercel, from Latin circellus, diminutive of circulus (“circle”).

Cross, quarterly, quartered, couped, ends sarcelled and reverted.

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 9:

(heraldry) Sarcelly, having curled ends (compare moline).

1828-40, Berry, Encycl. Her. I"
Cross pattée sarcelled at bottom in the form of a ᴧ reversed.

Cross moline sarcelled, or voided throughout, cross recercelée, or recersile, or recercelée voided or disjoined, which has also been called a cross fleury biparted. This is borne by the names of Knollys, or Knowles, and Verney. Gules, a cross moline sarcelled argent. BEC. […]

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 101:

(heraldry) Cut through the middle, or voided with the ends left open (unconnected).


patonce

Compare French patte d’once (“paw of an ounce”).

(heraldry) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; said of a cross.


patonce

(heraldry) A cross whose four arms expand in curves from the centre, with floriated ends.


torsed

en-adj

torsed (comparative more torsed, superlative most torsed)

more torsed (comparative)
most torsed (superlative)


paly

Compare French palé. See pale (“a stake”).

(heraldry) Palewise; vertically striped.


farm team

A reference to the fact that many minor league teams in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were in small towns in rural areas.

(sports, slang) A minor league baseball, ice hockey or other sports team, especially one concerned with player development.

farmerhold

minor league team concerned with player development


safe pair of hands

en-noun

safe pair of hands (plural safe pairs of hands)

His fielding in the outfield in the early part of his career impressed me, if anything, more than his batting or bowling, for he was a beautiful thrower. ... He could run like a deer and had a very safe pair of hands.

1919 Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham; quoted in eds Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home; George Harris, 4th Baron Harris; Sir Home Gordon, Bt. The Memorial biography of Dr. W.G. Grace (London, M.C.C.) p.34

A Safe Pair Of Hands [section title] The stand-off half who hasn't hands like a good fielder in the slips had better change his position, for he is comparatively useless if he cannot take all sorts and conditions of passes, and, in nearly every case, whilst well under way.

1922, D. R. Gent, Rugby Football, London: Allen, page 75:

(sports) The ability to catch and keep hold of (the ball, etc.)


bezanty

(heraldry) Covered with bezants; semé (strewn) with bezants.


counter-rampant

(heraldry, of two animals) Both rampant and facing each other.


stepover

Fernando Amorebieta seemed to have checked him, but a stepover created a fraction of room that became significant as the defender slipped, giving Falcao just enough space to curl a superb finish into the top corner.

2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian:


18-yard box

Falcao, who scored the only goal in last season's Europa League final as Porto beat Braga, received the ball halfway between the six- and 18-yard boxes.


take a knee

en-verb

take a knee (third-person singular simple present takes a knee, present participle taking a knee, simple past took a knee, past participle taken a knee)

takes a knee (present singular third-person)
taking a knee (participle present)
took a knee (past)
taken a knee (participle past)

The N.F.L. estimates that number could rise to 30 percent, but special-teams coaches say at least 40 percent of kickoffs will end with the returner taking a knee in the end zone.

2011 August 6, Judy Battista, “Take a Knee or Take a Risk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(American football, Canadian football) Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.


vatman

(papermaking) The employee responsible for gathering pulp from the vat on the mould in papermaking.


polesitter

(motor racing) A driver placed in pole position.


NFC

Initialism
* (unicode): in the Unicode sense, a compound of NF (“Normalization Form”) + C (“Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition”).

compound

National Football Conference
w:National Football Conference

(American football) Initialism of National Football Conference.


screwback

(snooker, pool, billiards) The effect of putting backspin on the cue ball.

There he was three into the bunker and bogey for the hole was four, and making up his mind to lay the ball dead, he took his niblick and executed a beautiful screwback shot which landed within a foot of the pin, rolled to the edge of the hole, and there stopped dead, doubtless owing to the eternally damned influence of the aforesaid cloven hoofprint.

2014, Margaret Irwin, These Mortals, →ISBN:

(golf) A powerful shot that imparts a spin to the ball.


scotograph

"Scotograph" is likely to stick as the popular term for portraits taken by the Röntgen process. It means "shade picture," and its analogy with photograph, which is a "light picture," is sufficiently manifest to help on its vogue.

You will be able to see radiographs, or scotographs, — referring to darkness and shadow ; you will see that shadowgraphs indicate to you any deformity of the roots of the teeth, or any teeth that have not come into position in the arch, or any osseous deformity which may take place in the jaw […]

1896, The International Dental Journal, volume 17, page 532:

(photography, obsolete, rare) An impression made on a photographic plate by a radioactive substance without the intervention of any opaque object other than the screen of the plate.


enarmed

Old French enarmé (“equipped with a handle”).

uder

For quotations using this term, see Citations:enarmed.

(heraldry) Having horns, hoofs, etc. of a different colour from the body.


ternion

From Latin ternio, from terni (“three each”). See tern (adjective).

(bookbinding) A section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages.


top-rope

(climbing) A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.


top-rope

en-verb

top-rope (third-person singular simple present top-ropes, present participle top-roping, simple past and past participle top-roped)

top-ropes (present singular third-person)
top-roping (participle present)
top-roped (participle past)
top-roped (past)

(climbing) To belay from a fixed anchor point above the climber.


German wheel

First is the German Wheel, two metal hoops six feet in circumference, joined at six points. Inside, gymnast Chris Lashua rolls, turns and spins through a series of gravity-defying somersaults and acrobatics.

1997 February, “Big Top For Your Head”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 36:

(circus arts) An apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars.

roue allemande

An apparatus made of two large rings joined by a set of parallel bars.


put someone through their paces

put<,,put> (someone) through (their) paces

put (someone) through (their) paces (third-person singular simple present puts (someone) through (their) paces, present participle putting (someone) through (their) paces, simple past and past participle put (someone) through (their) paces)

put through paces (canonical)
puts (someone) through (their) paces (present singular third-person)
putting (someone) through (their) paces (participle present)
put (someone) through (their) paces (participle past)
put (someone) through (their) paces (past)

She put Rosebud through his paces in the ring, and received her share of applause at the antics of the clever horse.

1916, Vance Barnum, Joe Strong on the Trapeze:

(literally, equestrianism) To direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc.


victory lap

2012 Summer Olympics
Gladys Tejeda
Nastassia Staravoitava
Rasa Drazdauskaitė
Sviatlana Kouhan
Ümmü Kiraz

(sports) A celebratory extra lap of the race track taken after the conclusion of a race.


close season

en-noun

close season (countable and uncountable, plural close seasons)

(sports) The time of year when no competition takes place.

(hunting, fishing) The time of year when hunting or fishing is not permitted.


chicken salad air

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(snowboarding) A trick in which the boarder reaches the trailing hand back between the legs and grabs the heel edge of the board between the feet.


grasscutter

(baseball, cricket) Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”)


crampet

(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.


trimix

trimix (countable and uncountable, plural trimixes)

(underwater diving) A mixture of helium, nitrogen, and oxygen used in deep diving as a breathing gas instead of air.


cold roll

en-verb

cold roll (third-person singular simple present cold rolls, present participle cold rolling, simple past and past participle cold rolled)

cold rolls (present singular third-person)
cold rolling (participle present)
cold rolled (participle past)
cold rolled (past)

(metalworking) To roll metal in a temperature that is below its recrystallization point.

kylmävalssata

to process metal by rolling in a low temperature


accessory shoe

(photography) A clip or track on a camera that allows for accessories to be attached.

lisävarustekenkä

clip or track on a camera for accessories


counter-paly

French contre-palé, equivalent to counter- + paly.

(heraldry) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colours used alternately or counterchanged.


LBF

(boxing) Initialism of Luxembourg Boxing Federation.


group of death

Calque of Spanish grupo de la muerte. Coined before or during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

(sports slang) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.

مَجْمُوعَة الْمَوْت

a group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive


bisk

(sports) Alternative form of bisque (“extra turn”)


yellow hammer

Watching the ballgame today someone broke off a real good curve and I said, "That was a real yellow hammer."

Williams, getting steady doses of Koufax's "yellow hammer," struck out looking at a curve, Sandy's fifth K.

2004, Michael Coffey, 27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games, updated edition, page 106

“Bastard curveball” is one of several names in baseball for a virtually unhittable curve that breaks so sharply it qualifies as yet another marvel of physics. Yakker. Bowel-locker. Yellow hammer. Take your pick.

2006, John Schuerholz, Larry Guest, Built to Win: Inside Stories And Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM:

"[…]I know my baseball, and this kid was a beast. His fastball was okay, a cutter in the low nineties, but it was his dirty deuce that was outright nasty.”
DeBorn frowned. “Dirty deuce?”
“You know—the dirty yellow hammer . . . the yakker. Public enemy number two. A breaking ball, Bert! This kid had a breaking ball that was like hitting a lead shot put[…]"

2010, Steve Alten, Grim Reaper: End of Days, page 125:

(baseball) A curve ball, especially a breaking curve that is particularly difficult to hit.


slackline

From slack + line. The verb is a back-formation from slacklining.

(forestry, mining, sports) A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points of suspension.


slackline

slackline (third-person singular simple present slacklines, present participle slacklining, simple past and past participle slacklined)

slacklines (present singular third-person)
slacklining (participle present)
slacklined (participle past)
slacklined (past)

(sports) To engage in the sport of slacklining.


dead zone

(sports, gridiron football) Part of the field, entered by a player when they are on their opponent's side of the field but kicking a field goal would probably be unsuccessful and punting the ball would not dramatically change field position.


ABs

(rugby) All Blacks, the New Zealand national rugby team.


ground ball with eyes

en-noun

ground ball with eyes (plural ground balls with eyes)

From the metaphor that the ball has eyes, allowing it to avoid the infielders.

(idiomatic, baseball, humorous) A weakly hit ground ball that barely evades the infielders.


abbasi

From Persian عباسی ('abbâsi); see for more. Doublet of abazi.

(numismatics) A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.

(numismatics) An Afghan bronze coin from the early 20th century, equivalent to four shahi.


disc golf

(sports) A sport (game) in which players take turns to throw a disc (“frisbee”) on a course to eventually reach a goal (target, netting) attempting to reach the target, and then hit it with as few throws as possible. An analogue of golf using a disc (frisbee) instead of a ball, and throws instead of swings of golf clubs.


home and hosed

(Australia, New Zealand, horseracing, figurative) Assured of winning.


freeride

en-verb

freeride (third-person singular simple present freerides, present participle freeriding, simple past freerode, past participle freeridden)

freerides (present singular third-person)
freeriding (participle present)
freerode (past)
freeridden (participle past)

(sports) To take part in a sport, such as skiing or snowboarding, on natural terrain and without set goals or rules.


freeride

(cycling) A form of mountain biking closely related to downhill biking and dirt jumping, focused on tricks, style, and technical trail features.


lucky loser

(sports) A player who loses in the final round of qualifying for a tournament, and who subsequently enters the tournament after the withdrawal of another competitor, e.g. due to injury.


hackled

a large-hackled fly

(fishing, in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.


abhinaya

Transliteration of Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya, “acting, dramatic action”).

translit

(dance) Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.

abhinaya

use of the face and hands in Indian dancing


double-break

In the seventh game of the deciding set, one backhand came in at a thundering 99mph – this was followed by a lightening forehand return from Nadal's next serve to make it 30-love. A double-break would have left Nadal with no out-clause, but he clung on to pull the score back to 4-3.

2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:

(tennis) In a set, an advantage equivalent to two breaks of serve.


pip to the post

en-verb

pip to the post (third-person singular simple present pips to the post, present participle pipping to the post, simple past and past participle pipped to the post)

pips to the post (present singular third-person)
pipping to the post (participle present)
pipped to the post (participle past)
pipped to the post (past)

"Pipped to the post: What happens to famous athletes who just miss a place on the podium?" (end of the title) A place on the podium can be missed by tiny fractions – and finish a career. Simon Usborne talks to some famous Olympian losers about the moment their dream ended.

2012 June 23, Simon Usborne, The Independent, article title:

(idiomatic, sports) To overcome a strong competitor in a sporting event, especially by gaining a small advantage at the last decisive moment.


à bouche

Borrowed from French à bouche (“with mouth”).

Dish, ornamented with blue and yellow flowers and foliage; in the centre a shield à bouche : Per fess or and azure, four chains conjoined in saltire by an annulet, all counterchanged.

1903, Marion Harry Spielmann, The Magazine of Art, page 351:

Upon a shield à bouche, scalloped at the base , are the arms : Azure two pallets argent, on a chief a lion's jamb erased in fesse azure, for ARRIGHI.

1904, Albert Van de Put, Hispano-Moresque Ware of the XV. Century: A Contribution to Its History and Chronology Based Upon Armorial Specimens, page 68:

(heraldry) Having a bouche on the dexter side.


redoublement

en-noun

redoublement (countable and uncountable, plural redoublements)


red dog

red dog (countable and uncountable, plural red dogs)

(countable, US, American football) A blitz.


red dog

en-verb

red dog (third-person singular simple present red dogs, present participle red dogging, simple past and past participle red dogged)

red dogs (present singular third-person)
red dogging (participle present)
red dogged (participle past)
red dogged (past)


Greek cross

(heraldry) A cross with orthogonal arms of equal length.


stoater

El Hakim's party won a mere trifle, but stood what poor Captain Scott was wont to term "a stoater" on Merlin, a good but uncertain horse, who had "lost" him in the trial at home.

1858, The Irish metropolitan magazine, page 117:

Owners back their horses for such “stoaters,” in short distance races, where a start is everything, that, in too many cases, woe betide the backs and pockets of the lads if they do not jump off in a twinkling.

1860, Sporting Magazine - Volume 36, page 306:

When it was known before starting the sum Lord Portsmouth stood on his filly, there was a perfect furore to back her, as a pony would be ' a perfect stoater ' for him ; and his commission, it was understood, considerably exceeded that sum.

1863, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes - Volume 5, page 96:

(Scotland, Ireland, horse racing) A horse that wins against the odds.


cyclosportive

(cycling) An organised, mass-participation cycling event, often held annually.


flatbow

(archery) a bow with non-recurved, flat, relatively wide limbs that are approximately rectangular in cross-section.


composite bow

(archery) a bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together.


landing net

(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.


ancrée

(heraldry) Anchored (“having the extremities turned back”).


gobo

Uncertain; possibly from go-b(etween) (“intermediary, middleman”) + -o (suffix forming informal terms).

suffix

At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.

1999, Des Lyver, Graham Swainson, Basics of Video Lighting, page 103:

(film, photography, television) A screen (often in disc form) placed between a light and an illuminated actor or object in order to diffuse the glare.

filtro

screen placed between a light and an illuminated actor or object in order to diffuse the glare


rake out

en-verb

rake out (third-person singular simple present rakes out, present participle raking out, simple past and past participle raked out)

rakes out (present singular third-person)
raking out (participle present)
raked out (participle past)
raked out (past)

When you intend a Flight for a Haggard, for the firſt, ſecond and third time make choice of ſuch a place where there are no Cows, Rooks, or the like, to take away all occasion of her raking out ſuch check.

1674, “Of Hawks and Hawking”, in The Gentleman's Recreation:

(intransitive, falconry) To fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.


caponomics

(US, business sports) The economics of salary caps.


capology

Caps create a pseudoscience, "capology," where it seems that everyone tries to avoid it.

2005, Walter T. Champion, Sports Law: Cases, Documents, and Materials, page 188:

The 'Team Payroll Range System" and the "upper limit" now require skilled "capology" as managers must calculate the "payroll room" available at particular times, familiarize themselves with the detailed accounting rules that deal with the averaging of payments and comply with other linits on compensation.

2010, John Barnes, The law of hockey, page 403:

The leaders of our capology division were our president, Bob Vander Weide, who has an extremely acute financial mind, player personnel director John Gabriel, and director of finance Scott Herring.

2014, Pat Williams, Ahead of the Game: The Pat Williams Story:

(US, business sports) The study or science of salary caps, the rules regulating the total amount of player compensation.


cross-process

cross-process (third-person singular simple present cross-processes, present participle cross-processing, simple past and past participle cross-processed)

cross-processes (present singular third-person)
cross-processing (participle present)
cross-processed (participle past)
cross-processed (past)

(photography) To process film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film.


PNC

I gave up plate blocks long ago, but still obtain PNC's - but only one of each issue and without regard to the particular number.

1997 June 18, R Sumner, “Re: Why collect new U.S.?”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet):

plate number coil
plate number coil#English

(philately) Initialism of plate number coil.

philatelic numismatic cover
philatelic numismatic cover#English

(philately) Initialism of philatelic numismatic cover.


AAF

Alliance of American Football
w:Alliance of American Football

(American football) Initialism of Alliance of American Football.


play to win

to play to win (third-person singular simple present plays to win, present participle playing to win, simple past and past participle played to win)

to play to win (canonical)
plays to win (present singular third-person)
playing to win (participle present)
played to win (participle past)
played to win (past)

"[W]e just got totally outplayed. Instead of playing to win, we were playing not to lose."

1992 June 6, Clifton Brown, “Basketball: Blazers Beat Bulls in Overtime to Even Series”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-07-29:

(sports) To play in an especially competitive, committed manner, focused intently on winning.


A.A.U.

Amateur Athletic Union
w:Amateur Athletic Union

(US, sports) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Union; also AAU.


merlion

Probably a variant of merlin, from Middle English merlioun, merlinge, marlyon, merlion, merlone, merlyon, from Old French emerillon, esmerillon, from Frankish *smiril (“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz (“falcon, merlin”).

merlette

mythological bird in French heraldry depicted with no beak or feet

He beareth two coats quarterly, with an Inſcocheon of pretence, viz. The firſt, per bend nebulee, Or and Sable, a Lion Rampant counterchained, by the name of Sympſon; The ſecond, Argent, a Feſſe, Gules, between three Merlions, or Sparhawks, Sable, beaks and legs, Or, by the name of Oneſlow; […]

1666, John Guillim, “Section VI, Chapter I”, in A Display of Herauldry: […], 6th edition, London: […] John Williams […], and Joshua Kirton […]; Humphrey Tuckey […], and Francis Tyton […], →OCLC, page 384:

Martlet, or merlion, a fabulous bird, of constant adoption in armorials, shaped like a martin or swallow, and always drawn without legs, with short tufts of feathers instead, divided into two parts, somewhat like an erasure, and forming, as it were, thighs. This is the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

[1884, Bernard Burke, “Dictionary of Terms Used in Heraldry”, in The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; […], 2nd edition, London: Harrison & Sons, […], →OCLC, page xli:

(heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet; a martlet.


earth-stopping

(hunting) the act of blocking a fox's earth (burrow) while it is absent, so it is forced to stay above ground.


armstand

(diving) A dive from a platform that starts from the hands.


shot clock

(basketball) A timer measuring the length of time since the last shot.

Top tennis stars will come under a 25-second shot clock in grand slam tournaments starting at the Australian Open in January.

2017 November 17 "Shot clock introduced for all Grand Slams" RTÉ, Ireland

(tennis) A countdown of the time remaining within which the current server must serve the ball.

(ice hockey) A counter of the total shots on net for a team in a game; or average shots on net per unit time for a game.


penalty throw

(handball) A free throw taken by an attacker from 7 metres away, defended by the goalkeeper.


Morisco

Borrowed from Spanish morisco (“Moorish”), from moro (“Moor”).

Your wit skips a morisco; but, by the brightest spangle of tire, I vouchsafe you entire unaffected favour.

1601, John Marston, What You Will, act 4, scene 1:

I have seen / Him caper upright like a wild Morisco, / Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells.

1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 3, scene 1:


golden slam

(tennis, golf) Winning all four major championships (a grand slam) plus an Olympic gold medal.

calendar golden slam

inning all these in a calendar year or a single season

career golden slam

winning all these in the course of a career

non-calendar golden slam

holding all these as reigning champion all at one time, not in the course of one year/season, but spread over two


no-mark

(athletics) A score in athletics having after having not set a valid ground marking in a distance measurement. A score of 0 metres, resulting from faulting/fouling out of competition.


no-mark

en-verb

no-mark (third-person singular simple present no-marks, present participle no-marking, simple past and past participle no-marked)

no-marks (present singular third-person)
no-marking (participle present)
no-marked (participle past)
no-marked (past)

(athletics) To fail to record a valid score, and produce a score of 0 or no-mark (no distance), by failing to make a valid ground mark from an attempt, and fouling/faulting out of competition.


kerfing

Do you prefer bent solid linings or kerfings in your guitar? If kerfings, would you like regular or reversed kerfing?

(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.


finger joint

(construction, woodworking) A joint, usually glued, in which multiple integral protrusions are fit into mating slots, used especially for manufacturing long moldings.

queue droite

(woodworking) a joint with multiple protrusions and slots


hot hand

(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who makes a series of successful shots in a game.


body line

en-noun

body line (countable and uncountable, plural body lines)

(cricket) The bodyline style of bowling.


fumblerooski

From fumble + -roo (as in switcheroo) + -ski?

(American football) A trick play wherein the quarterback deliberately places or leaves the ball on the ground upon receiving it from the center, technically fumbling it, after which the backs run to the right, deceiving the defense into following them, while the right guard picks up the ball and runs to the left.


trick play

trick play (countable and uncountable, plural trick plays)

(American football) A play in American football that uses deception and unorthodox strategies to fool the opposing team.


Olympiad

Hadrian
International Mathematical Olympiad
Olympiad
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
inclusive counting

From the plural forms Olimpiades, Olympiades, and Olympiadiz of Middle English Olimpias and Olympias (“ancient Olympic Games, 4-year period between these games, intense battle or competition”) from Middle French Olympiade and Old French Olympiade (“ancient Olympic games, 4-year period between these games”), from Latin Olympias (“4-year period between Olympic Games”) whose genitive form was Olympiados or Olympiadis), from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπῐᾰ́ς (Olumpiás, “ancient Olympic Games, 4-year period between these games”) whose plural form was Ὀλυμπῐᾰ́δες (Olumpiádes), from Ὀλυμπῐ́ᾱ (Olumpíā, “Olympia”), the town in ancient Greece where the games were held, + -ᾰ́ς (-ás, a suffix forming feminine adjectives or nouns), from either Ὀλῠ́μπῐος (Olúmpios, “of or related to Mount Olympus, Olympian, the Olympian Zeus”) or Ὄλῠμπος (Ólumpos, “Mount Olympus”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
The use of olympiad for academic competitions aspiring to the level of the Olympic Games was first popularized by the International Mathematical Olympiad, a calque of its Romanian name Olimpiada Internațională de Matematică.

Olimpiade

period between celebrations of the ancient or modern Olympic Games

olympiade

celebration of the ancient or modern Olympic Games

olympiad

alternative case, typically in generic uses

Victors at the ancient Olympiads only won an olive wreath but were usually freed from paying taxes for the remainder of their life, but modern Olympians have frequently needed to pay taxes on the market value of their gold, silver, or bronze medals.

It was their [the priests of Jupiter Olympius's] Buſineſs, alſo not only to regiſter the Names of the Victors in the ſeveral Games, with other Matters relating to them, but alſo whatever occurr'd remarkable, during the Intervals between the Celebration of every Olympiad.

1707, Thomas Hind, “Book II. The Second Period, from the Taking of Troy, to the Battle of Marathon, Containing the Space of 700 Years.”, in The History of Greece. […], London: […] S. and J. Sprint, A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, Tim[othy] Childe, and Rob[ert] Knaplock, →OCLC, page 124:

Strabo […] makes Corœbus the firſt Victor at the firſt Olympiad of Iphitus; who, he ſaies, was the Reſtorer of them. This Olympiad was in the Year before Chriſt 776.

1752, John Jackson, “Of the Origin and Æra of Oracles. [Of the Institution of the Olympic Games.]”, in Chronological Antiquities: Or, The Antiquities and Chronology of the Most Ancient Kingdoms, from the Creation of the World, for the Space of Five Thousand Years. […], volume III, London: Printed for the author; and sold by J. Noon, […], →OCLC, page 340:

The noble and free citizens of Epidaphne being, as they declare, well satisfied of the faith, valor, wisdom, and divinity of their king, […] do think it no more than their duty to invest his brows (in addition to the poetic crown) with the wreath of victory in the foot race—a wreath which it is evident he must obtain at the celebration of the next Olympiad, and which, therefore, they now give him in advance.

1840, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “Epimanes”, in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, published 1840, →OCLC, pages 16–17:

After the distribution of the prizes, the athletes formed for the traditional procession around the Stadion. Louës [i.e., Spyridon Louis], the victor of Marathon, came first, bearing the Greek flag; then the Americans, the Hungarians, the French, the Germans. […] The king announced that the first Olympiad was at an end, and left the Stadion, the band playing the Greek national hymn, and the crowd cheering.

1896 November, Pierre de Coubertin, “The Olympic Games of 1896. […]”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume XXXI (New Series; volume LIII overall), number 1, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, page 50:

[I]t is the intention of the management of the exposition to make the Olympiad of 1904 the greatest ever held. The first of these modern Olympiads—which are the reproduction of the famous games of Ancient Greece—was held at Athens in 1896, when an American astonished the world by winning the discus-throwing championship. […] The representatives of athletics in America propose that nothing shall be left undone to make this first American Olympiad a phenomenal success.

1903 November 20, “Olympic Games”, in Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Statement Showing the Receipts and Disbursements of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company from Date of Incorporation to September 30, 1903, together with a Report Submitted by the Exposition Company Showing Progress Made by the Various Departments of the Exposition (58th Congress, 1st Session, document no. 12), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 58:

1950 marks the twilight of one of the greatest eras of California crew history. Many of the graduating crew men were in the jayvee Poughkeepsie winning boat in 1947; the next year these same men rowed to the eight-oared championship in the 14th Olympiad in England.

1950, “[Athletics] 1950 Varsity”, in Blue and Gold 1950, volume 77, Berkeley, Calif.: Associated Students of the University of California, →OCLC, page 234:

(sports, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Olympic Games: an instance of the ancient or modern Olympic Games.