quadball

quadball (countable and uncountable, plural quadballs)

International Quadball Association
J. K. Rowling

From quad- (“four”) + ball or quad + ball. The sport sense was introduced in 2022 by the International Quadball Association, formerly the International Quidditch Association, with quad- chosen in reference to the number of balls and positions in the game. The IQA cited concerns over the trademarked status of Quidditch and a wish to distance itself from the "anti-trans positions" of J. K. Rowling.

“This is an important moment in our sport’s history,” said Chris Lau, chair of the IQA board of trustees, in a statement. “We are confident in this step and we look forward to all the new opportunities quadball will bring.”

2022 July 20, Adela Suliman, “Quidditch is now quadball, distancing game from J.K. Rowling, league says”, in The Washington Post:

Major League Quidditch and US Quidditch will now be known as Major League Quadball and US Quadball respectively.

2022 July 20, “Quidditch changes name to quadball after JK Rowling’s trans statements”, in The Guardian:

Quidditch, the sport of boarding school wizards riding broomsticks in “Harry Potter,” will become “Quadball” to the humans who play the game in real life, its leading organizations said on Tuesday.

2022 July 20, Alex Traub, “Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball,’ Leaving J.K. Rowling Behind”, in The New York Times:

Love Harry Potter? Then check out the quadball championship that combines elements of rugby, basketball and dodgeball. The MLQ Championship is the league’s signature event

2023 August 24, Susan Stapleton, “Plan your weekend: This weekend offers quadball, World Food, Music Fest and more”, in Des Moines Register, page D.1.:

(sports, uncountable, neologism) A co-ed contact ball sport created as a ground-based adaptation of Quidditch, featuring the same positions, balls, and goals as the fictional sport, but with the players clutching broomsticks and a human "snitch runner" carrying the snitch (an autonomous magical device in the Harry Potter novels).


midlight

From mid + light. Formed by analogy with lowlight and highlight.

(painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is somewhat illuminated.


WSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of World Superbike Championship.


CSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Canadian Superbike Championship.


ISBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Indian Superbike Championship. (India)


MSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Malaysia Superbike Championship.


PSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Philippines Superbike Championship.


FSBK

(motor racing) The French Superbike Championship (France)


ASBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Australian Superbike Championship.


NZSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of New Zealand Superbike Championship.


ESBK

(motor racing) The Spanish Superbike Championship (Spain)


SBK

French: SBK

Spanish: SBK

(motor racing) Abbreviation of superbike.


self-spot

en-verb

self-spot (third-person singular simple present self-spots, present participle self-spotting, simple past and past participle self-spotted)

self-spots (present singular third-person)
self-spotting (participle present)
self-spotted (participle past)
self-spotted (past)

From self- + spot (“to support or assist a maneuver”).

pre

Before a student attempts to take all their weight into their inner thigh, have them self-spot by placing their opposite hand on the bent knee.

2010, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23:

The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.

2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, page 44:

It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.

2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123:

(intransitive, weightlifting) To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight.


mi-parti

Learned borrowing from French mi-parti (literally “divided down the middle”), from Middle French mi-parti, from Old French miparti, past participle of mipartir (“to split in half”), from mi (“middle”) + partir (“to split”); compare medial and party (“divided”). Though the term is mentioned beginning in the 17th century, actual use is apparently only recorded from the 19th century onwards.

lbor

They are all parted per pale, or (to vſe Scohier's word, mi-partie, that is, parted longwiſe in the midſt, or perpendicularly parted, but yet ſeuerally affected in the partings […]

[1610, Edmund Bolton, Edm: Bolton his Elements of Armories, London: George Eld, page 95:

The extreme uncertainty of engraving the horizontal line of division in shields makes it quite reasonable to suppose the division which we see in Panwitz to have been made to look mi-parti in error.

1871 April 15, D. P., “New German flag”, in Notes and Queries, volume 7, number 172, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, page 323:

Almost all the indoor servants were given three ells of coloured shortcloth, together with three ells of striped cloth for their suits, which must have been, therefore, mi-parti.

1980, Stella Mary Newton, “VIII: Livery and the Dress of the Poor”, in Fashion in the Age of the Black Prince: A Study of the Years 1340-1365, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 67:

(heraldry, clothing, chiefly historical) Vertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.


counternaiant

(heraldry, of fish) Depicted swimming in opposite horizontal directions.


sidesplit

For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit.

(gymnastics) A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.


counterparry

(fencing) A parry that uses the energy of the opponent's incoming lunge.


counterparry

en-verb

counterparry (third-person singular simple present counterparries, present participle counterparrying, simple past and past participle counterparried)

counterparries (present singular third-person)
counterparrying (participle present)
counterparried (participle past)
counterparried (past)

(fencing) To parry using the energy of the opponent's incoming lunge.


Detoilet

Yeah, that made a lot of sense, do you even know the story of his
injury faking in Buffalo? Did you even know he played in Buffalo? Did
you even know who he was before he came to Detoilet?

2003 May 22, Freedom Elz, “Hasek coming back?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.det-redwings (Usenet):

Wow, let's just call the engraver right here, right now! Why even bother to
play
the games, the cup is an automatic gimme for Detoilet right?

2008 January 20, Freedom Elz, “Another Publication rates them...”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

The Avs will win a cup before Detoilet does again. Our rebuilding has
started, yours is being patchworked with denial.

2009 September 30, Freedom Elz, “Anyone here going to honor our captain tomorrow?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ice hockey) Detroit Red Wings.


cut for sign

cut for sign (third-person singular simple present cuts for sign, present participle cutting for sign, simple past and past participle cut for sign)

cuts for sign (present singular third-person)
cutting for sign (participle present)
cut for sign (participle past)
cut for sign (past)

(US, hunting) To track animal quarry by searching for clues and disturbances in the environment left by the quarry.


progressive overload

en-noun

progressive overload (countable and uncountable, plural progressive overloads)

(bodybuilding) A gradual increase of stress on a muscle as it grows in strength.


get-back coach

get-back coach (plural get-back coaches)

“I was probably the most difficult one to deal with when I was on the field, because you’re always trying to get closer to the action,” McVay told NFL Films. “As a coach, I always try to be aware of our get-back coach.”

2019 February 2, Morgan Moriarty, “Sean McVay has a get-back coach. Clemson’s pioneering get-back coach explains the job”, in SBNation.com:

(US, sports) A coach who is assigned the task of ensuring another coach (usually the head coach) gets out of the way of the referees during games.


exercise regime

exercise regime (plural exercise regimes)

(athletics, health sciences) A set of rules regarding nutrition and exercise in order to attain the desired results.


droppie

(rugby, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A drop goal.


swazz

Compare phonestheme sw- in e.g. sway, sweep, swerve, swoop.

The Croatian controls on his chest before hitting a left-footed volley which swerves and moves in the air but ultimately drifts wide of the far post. "It didn't have quite enough swazz on it," says Wilkins. I believe that's a technical term.

2011 October 30, Evan Fanning, “Tottenham Hotspur v QPR - as it happened”, in The Guardian:

[W]e considered Essien’s strike against Arsenal to be the best of a ridiculously good bunch. Firstly, consider the context. [...] Then, the finish itself. Hit with genuine venom and an outside-of-the-boot swazz that would make Roberto Carlos blush.

2022 December 24, Michael Lee, “Reassessing the December 2006 GOTM contenders from great to best”, in Planet Football:

I think what separates this goal from other volleys I have witnessed ... is the swazz, as the kids say. The ball started so far outside the left post, it had no right to curl back in to that degree and end up in the back, or roof, of the net.

2023 November 27, James Whaling "John McGinn vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2018" in Mark Jones "Alejandro Garnacho stunned Goodison Park on Sunday with his remarkable overhead kick, but what is the best goal you've ever seen live?" Daily Mirror (London)

(informal, sports) curl or spin added when striking a ball hard


swazz

en-verb

swazz (third-person singular simple present swazzes, present participle swazzing, simple past and past participle swazzed)

swazzes (present singular third-person)
swazzing (participle present)
swazzed (participle past)
swazzed (past)

Kvitova sends her wide on the second serve to save the first and then coolly swazzes a forehand down the line.

2019 January 26, Tom Dutton, “Osaka 7-6 5-7 4-3 Kvitova”, in The Evening Standard, London:

(informal, sports) to play [the ball] with swazz


wrentail

(fishing) A kind of fly used in fly fishing, resembling a wren's tail feather.


BYOC

Explain that the BYOC strategy is very simple. If they function as their own coach, and use the strategy, they will tell themselves what to do—before they do it, and talk to themselves in positive ways.

2010, Janet Niemeier, Robert Karol, Therapists' Guide to Overcoming Grief and Loss After Brain Injury, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33:

(sports) Initialism of be your own coach.


nod-back

Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener. He was part of a fantastic one-touch passing move for the second which ended with the loose ball from a slide tackle on Foden presenting him with a tap-in. He shrugged opponents out of the way to make sure he was in the right place to head home John Stones' nod-back for his third.

2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A soft header played away from the opponent's goal


WLAF

World League of American Football
w:en:World League of American Football

(American football) Initialism of World League of American Football.


Tbol

(bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, also known as Turinabol


chub bread

en-noun

chub bread (countable and uncountable, plural chub breads)

(fishing) Any form of bread used as bait to reel in a chub.


interbourse

(skiing, attributive) A skiing event for financiers.


IHL

International Hockey League
w:International Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of International Hockey League.


contact hitter

(baseball) A hitter who does not strike out often.


mule kick

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) A move by which the wrestler, facing away from a charging opponent, bends down and pushes out one foot, striking the opponent with the sole.


spoonplugging

(fishing) The use of the spoonplug lure.


jump-cut

en-verb

jump-cut (third-person singular simple present jump-cuts, present participle jump-cutting, simple past and past participle jump-cut)

jump-cuts (present singular third-person)
jump-cutting (participle present)
jump-cut (participle past)
jump-cut (past)

After Lake insisted the sixth-year senior hadn’t impressed enough in practice to contribute in their first two games, McGrew responded with 31 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just six carries Saturday — releasing a guttural growl after jump-cutting and crossing the goal line for a 13-yard score in the first quarter.

2021 September 18, Mike Vorel, “After two frustrating losses, the dam finally breaks in Washington’s 52-3 win over Arkansas State”, in The Seattle Times:

(intransitive, American football) To perform a jump cut.


'mirin

First online use appears around 2008 on the website BodySpace.

(Internet slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of admiring; used to describe individuals admiringly viewing the physiques of bodybuilders.


aerial skiing

Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took second in men’s aerial skiing on Wednesday, earning the country’s first medal of the Beijing Games.

2022 February 16, Lauren McCarthy, “After winning medals in men’s aerial skiing, a Ukrainian and a Russian athlete embrace.”, in The New York Times:

(skiing) A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.


USTA

United States Tennis Association
w:United States Tennis Association

(tennis) Initialism of United States Tennis Association; also U.S.T.A.: the national governing body for tennis in the United States.


U.S.T.A.

Every year, Allaster said, the U.S.T.A. asks the WTA what balls it wants to use, and the answer has always been the same. “As far as we know, a majority likes it, so we could end up trading one problem for another.”

2022 September 6, Matthew Futterman, “The Great U.S. Open Ball Debate of 2022”, in The New York Times:

(tennis) Initialism of United States Tennis Association; also USTA: the national governing body for tennis in the United States.


extra-duty

Coordinate term: regular-duty

The men at the U.S. Open use what is known as an “extra-duty” ball, which means the felt on the outside of the ball is woven slightly more loosely than the “regular-duty” ball the women use. […] Extra-duty balls are the balls of choice for outdoor hardcourts, like those at the U.S. Open, except when they are not.

(tennis) Describing a tennis ball having a thicker felt woven more loosely around the ball's core, designed for hard court surfaces such as asphalt or concrete.


regular-duty

Coordinate term: extra-duty

The men at the U.S. Open use what is known as an “extra-duty” ball, which means the felt on the outside of the ball is woven slightly more loosely than the “regular-duty” ball the women use. […] However, the regular-duty balls “play faster,” Collins said through a spokeswoman for the company.

(tennis) Describing a tennis ball having a thinner felt woven more tightly around the ball's core, designed for softer court surfaces such as clay.


Meghdoot card

(India, philately) A reduced-rate post card, with advertising on the address side used to subsidize the postage cost.


effluviography

(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.


die cutting

(metalworking) The general process of using a die to shear webs of low-strength materials.


crouchant

a lion crouchant argent

[…] standing over a crouchant elephant and mounted by a human figure holding the bridle passing through its mouth. The faces of the vimana are carved with the figures of the deities of the Hindu Pantheon.

1912, Mano Mohan Ganguly, Orissa and Her Remains --: Ancient and Medieval … Introduction by … J. G. Woodroffe.), page 412:

(chiefly heraldry, uncommon) Lying down with the head erect.


misputt

misputt (third-person singular simple present misputts, present participle misputting, simple past and past participle misputted)

misputts (present singular third-person)
misputting (participle present)
misputted (participle past)
misputted (past)

I misputted on the fourth hole.

(intransitive, rare, golf) To putt badly or wrongly.


ambulance cover

en-noun

ambulance cover (plural ambulance covers)

(philately, informal) An envelope used by the postal authorities to convey a letter damaged during sorting.


sit on someone's wheel

en-verb

sit on someone's wheel (third-person singular simple present sits on someone's wheel, present participle sitting on someone's wheel, simple past and past participle sat on someone's wheel)

sits on someone's wheel (present singular third-person)
sitting on someone's wheel (participle present)
sat on someone's wheel (participle past)
sat on someone's wheel (past)

Do you mind if I sit on your wheel?

(cycling, colloquial) To sit in the wheels; to wheelsuck.


mass start

(sports) A format of starting in certain racing sports, such as long-distance running, cycling and biathlon, where the competitors start at the same time and same place and proceed along the same course.


individual medley

en-noun

individual medley (countable and uncountable, plural individual medleys)

Coordinate term: medley relay

(swimming) A medley swimming race consisting of a single competitor swimming equal distances of four different strokes.


hooksetting

(fishing) The action of making a hookset.


floretty

(heraldry, of a cross) Decorated (finished at the ends) with fleurs-de-lis, which (unlike a cross flory) are attached in their entirety to the arms of the couped cross, rather than the arms developing into that shape.


inveckée

second, gu. a cross moline within a border inveckée, for CADDELL;

1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland:

[caption on an illustration of a chief double-enarched:] A Chief inveckée.

1911, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith, page 3170:

(heraldry) Indented by semicircles, variously defined in old works as invected or (double-)enarched (with semicircles biting inwards and points pointing outward) or engrailed (with semicircles biting outwards and points pointing inward).


balloon tire

(cycling) A wide, large-volume, low-pressure tire associated with cruiser bicycles.


gravel cycling

(sports) A cycling discipline different from road cycling, mountain biking and cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bicycle.


Digby chicken

(fishing, cooking) A type of dried or cured herring caught at Digby, Nova Scotia.


pancake lens

A particularly fitting choice is the small and flexible XF27mmF2.8 pancake lens. With it, the camera fits in the pocket of almost every coat or jacket.

2015, Rico Pfirstinger, The Fujifilm X-T10 […] , Rocky Nook, →ISBN:

(photography, optics, informal) A type of flat lens design.


gravel bicycle

(cycling) Alternative form of gravel bike


hoofball

Blend of hoof (“to kick, especially a long way downfield with little accuracy”) + football.

blend

Wimbledon continued to hold their own under Joe Kinnear. They played with passion and no little skill. It certainly wasn't just 'hoofball' as their detractors, such as Gary Lineker, claimed.

2012 July 2, Tim Quelch, Underdog!, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:

By the 1980s Italian football was also showing distinct signs of virility as it built up to its great moment in the sun with the 1990 World Cup. It had glamour and skill, just as British football was deep into its cul-de-sac of hoofball tactics and off-pitch thuggery.

2015 January 9, Nicholas Walton, Genoa, 'La Superba': The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

'We're Leeds United, we're passing the ball,' sang delighted supporters, exhilarated at being rid of Warnock's despised hoofball.

2019 October 10, Dave Tomlinson, Leeds, Money, and Misery Me: Twenty Years of Hurt, 23 Mistakes and the Tale of Toma ..., AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

(soccer, derogatory) A style of play characterised by many long balls and few short passes.


SABR

w:Society for American Baseball Research

(baseball) Acronym of Society for American Baseball Research.


audaxer

I had fallen in with a crowd of audaxers soon after I took up cycling, and although I had only been on one or two of the shorter rides, I had developed a strong admiration for these riders […]

2019, Emily Chappell, Where There's a Will:

(cycling) One who takes part in an audax.


Marseille turn

(soccer) A specialized form of dribbling by which the ball is dragged backward.


available light

(film, photography) Light from sources that are not explicitly supplied by the photographer, such as natural light or pre-existing street lighting.


QMJHL

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
w:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.


AHL

American Hockey League
w:American Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of American Hockey League.


KHL

Kontinental Hockey League
w:Kontinental Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Kontinental Hockey League.


OHL

Ontario Hockey League
w:Ontario Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Ontario Hockey League.


USHL

United States Hockey League
w:United States Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of United States Hockey League.


CJAHL

Canadian Junior Hockey League
w:Canadian Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Junior Hockey League.


WCHL

Western Collegiate Hockey League
w:Western Collegiate Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Western Collegiate Hockey League.


NSL

National Softball League
w:National Softball League

(sports) Initialism of National Softball League.


MILC

mirrorless interchangeable lens camera#English

(photography) Abbreviation of mirrorless interchangeable lens camera.. A digital camera similar to a DSLR, with a lens mount that can change out and accept different lenses, without the reflexive mirror mechanism of SLRs.


offensive guard

en-noun

offensive guard (plural offensive guards)

(American football) A lineman for the team in possession of the ball located on either side of the center and inside of the offensive tackles.


quality start

(baseball) A start in which a pitcher pitches for at least six full innings and allows three or fewer earned runs.


take a pitch

en-verb

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

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

(baseball) To refrain from swinging at a pitch.


bearmode

From bear + mode, from a likening of the bear, a large and heavy mammal.

(slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A heavy and massive physique with very large muscles.


rosterable

(chiefly sports) Capable of being rostered, or included in a lineup.


morticer

(woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortiser


mortiser

(woodworking) A person or a machine that cuts mortises.


no-look

Strikers like to give goalkeepers when they are through on goal, looking in the direction of one corner and then stroking the ball into the opposite side – Stewart Downing’s goal against Hull City last month is a good example – and the same principle can be applied to the no-look pass.

2015 March 6, Jacob Steinberg, “The Joy of Six: no-look football passes”, in The Guardian:

Terry brings the detectives into the briefing room to instruct them on how to act at "adult parties." Jake jokes that those are usually referred to as orgies. He then states, "No-look five," and he and Charles share a high five without eye contact.

2015, Janieretlaw, “No-Look Five”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine Wiki:

LeBron’s shot called to mind Stephen Curry, who does the no-look celebration all the time.

2021 January 13, Dan Gartland, “LeBron James Buries Audacious No-Look Three to Win Bet With Dennis Schröder”, in Sports Illustrated:

I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede, / a no-look wave flicked my funereal way.

2022, Dave Clarke, “Velocipede”, in Northern Territory Literary Awards, pages 26-27:

(chiefly sports) Done without looking [at the target], typically for misdirection or as showboating.


spring-loaded camming device

en-noun

spring-loaded camming device (plural spring-loaded camming devices)

(climbing) A piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of two, three, or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulling on the axle forces the cams to spread farther apart. This is then attached to a sling and carabiner at the end of the stem.


board climbing

And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.

2022 January 13, Sam Anderson, “Decoy Board Jockeys Into Moon Board, Kilter Board Climbing Market”, in GearJunkie:

(climbing) A form of bouldering performed on a (usually wooden) climbing wall compact enough to fit at home but covered with many climbing holds, often done as practice for standard bouldering.


telstar

truncated icosahedron
truncated icosahedron#English

(sports) A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.

A ball with one of these design patterns.


undee

N. R. Gavin DRUMMOND , descended of Kildies, who was a Cadet of the Family of Pitkellanie, Or, three Barrs undee Gules, over all a naked Man naiant in Pale, grasping in his dexter Hand a Sword, and having his sinister Hand[…]

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 68:

Arms - Gules, a falcon volant, or, within an orle engrailed, undee, argent.

1846, William Skey, The Heraldic Calendar: A List of the Nobility and Gentry Whose Arms are Registered, and Pedigrees Recorded in the Herald's Office in Ireland, page 32:

The arms of Fluvian are another early example of canting heraldry, being or, a fess undee gules - on a red shield a wavy horizontal stripe of red, thus alluding to his name, which is from the Latin fluvius, a river.

1881, Frank Henry Norton, Charles Edward Anthon, William Sumner Appleton, Samuel Abbott Green, Jeremiah Colburn, William Theophilus Rogers Marvin, American Journal of Numismatics, page 36:


La Roja

(soccer) the Spain national football team


bicycle crunch

bicycle crunch (plural bicycle crunches)

(exercise) A type of exercise in which one touches alternating knees with the opposite elbow while performing a crunch.


cycle off

en-verb

cycle off (third-person singular simple present cycles off, present participle cycling off, simple past and past participle cycled off)

cycles off (present singular third-person)
cycling off (participle present)
cycled off (participle past)
cycled off (past)

(transitive, sports) To discontinue the intake of for the time being.


USMNT

w:United States men's national soccer team

(soccer) Initialism of United States men's national team.


dark room

There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.

1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:

(photography) Alternative form of darkroom


dumping day

(fishing) The first day of lobster fishing season, when the first lobster traps are set, i.e. dumped into the water.


chewing ball

CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:

(equestrianism) A medicinal ball attached to a horse's bit so that the chewing will improve its appetite.


in full course

(heraldry) Courant, represented as running.


in piety

THE PELICAN is represented in both British and Foreign Armory with a bowed neck vulning (ie . wounding) her breast; [...] Argent, three pelicans in piety or, their nests vert, was borne by the Scottish family of PATTERSON.

1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 264:

Argent, a pelican in piety vert. SHERBURN, St. David's 1505; Chichester 1508. Azure, a pelican in piety or. WAKERING, Norwich 1416. Fox, Exeter 1487; Bath and Wells 1492; Durham 1495; Winchester 1501.

1897, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford, The Blazon of Episcopacy: Being the Arms Borne by Or Attributed to the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Wales with an Ordinary of the Coats Described and of Other Episcopal Arms, page 189:

Sinister: Three pelicans in their piety, on a chief three stars. Motto, on an escroll above the mitre : PRO REGE ET GREGE.

1904, William Rae Macdonald, Scottish Armorial Seals, page 276:


Bazball

From Baz + ball, Baz being the nickname of New Zealand cricketer and coach Brendon McCullum.

BRENDON McCullum has referred to ‘Bazball’, the playful term coined in homage to England’s new Test head coach, as ‘silly’.

[2022 July 9, “England's McCullum dismisses ‘Bazball’ as ‘silly’”, in Manchester Evening News, Glasgow, page 41:

THE effects of Bazball can already be seen in the wider cricketing world, too. No sooner had Ben Stokes put out a call to arms telling county cricketers they had to play his way to get in the England team comes evidence of a response from Dom Sibley.

2022 July 13, Paul Newman, “World of Cricket”, in Daily Mail, London, page 70:

(cricket, informal, slang, neologism) An aggressive run-scoring approach to cricket.


run nowhere

run nowhere (third-person singular simple present runs nowhere, present participle running nowhere, simple past ran nowhere, past participle run nowhere)

runs nowhere (present singular third-person)
running nowhere (participle present)
ran nowhere (past)
run nowhere (participle past)

(horse racing, slang) To finish the race unplaced.


face-off circle

en-noun

face-off circle (plural face-off circles)

(ice hockey) A dot in the centre of the ice; where the face-off takes place


urdy

He bears as arms the lion of St. Mark, sejant-guardant, crowned and winged, bearing in the dexter jambe a closed book surmounted by a cross urdy.

1908, Adrian Fortescue, The Orthodox Eastern Church, page 350:

As to the term urdy, which is given in Woodward and Burnett and also in Berry , I can only say I personally have never come across I an instance of its use as a partition line. A cross or a billet urdy one knows, but urdy as a partition line I have yet to find.

1925, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 95:

Order For Services, first class (star) same silver centre roundel but without the gold cross urdy. The star of the Order is an eight-pointed star of plain gold rays with an eight-pointed silver centre bearing a light blue[…]

2006, Guy Stair Sainty, Rafal Heydel-Mankoo, World Orders of Knighthood & Merit:


gegenpress

(soccer) The use of the gegenpressing tactic.


LiVARpool

Blend of Liverpool + VAR (“video assistant referee”), implying that Liverpool F.C. is unfairly favoured in judgements made by VAR.

blend

The ability of Jürgen Klopp’s team to win even when the opposition bring their A-game has been a feature of the season. A simple explanation, beyond luck and “LiVARpool” conspiracy theory, is that their base levels are just so high.

2019 December 11, Barney Ronay, “Champions League’s full English another staging post in march of the superclubs”, in The Guardian:

[…] and amid calls of 'LiVARpool' coming into the equation again by the Chelsea faithful, Silva himself has had a say on what he thinks of the last two aforementioned VAR decisions […]

2022 March 7, Danyal Khan, “Thiago Silva sends Liverpool blunt message as West Ham and Chelsea VAR decisions go their way”, in football.london:

Someone else said: "I honestly think this FA cup is already rigged for LiVArpool There's been a lot of them red ribbons around it."

2022 May 14, Nick Murphy, “Chelsea fans have FA Cup conspiracy theory and say 'Pep and Tuchel were right all along'”, in The Daily Star:


England went even further, playing 1-1-8 (eight forwards), but crowded goalmouths saw the game end 0-0.

2010, Clive Gifford, “Formations”, in The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 60:

Both teams employed what could be considered attacking formations—Scotland (2-2-6), and England (1-1-8) […]

2011, Jaime Orejan, Football/Soccer: History and Tactics, →ISBN, page 31:

United made a scintillating start against Leicester […] but they seem to be sticking to a 1-1-8 formation, with Evans and then Chris Smalling playing as a sweeper-left-centre-right-back. This is why United have a defence as secure as a paper-tissue truss.

2014 September 22, Des Kelly, “Chelsea fans add a touch of dignity and class to a world of football excess”, in Evening Standard:

(soccer, historical or derogatory) A football formation with 1 defender, 1 midfielder and 8 strikers sometimes played in the 19th and early 20th centuries, now a derogatory reference to a team with poor defence.


gadger

(fishing) A stonefly nymph used as bait.


St Totteringham's Day

By analogy with Christian feast days, with a blend of Tottenham + tottering.

After their 3-1 win at Hull, it is now mathematically impossible for Tottenham to finish above their neighbours in this season's Premier League. […] That means today is "St Totteringham's Day".

2015 May 4, Richard Innes, “St Totteringham's Day: Arsenal fans celebrate finishing above Tottenham AGAIN by trolling their big rivals”, in Daily Mirror:

TOTTENHAM'S 2-0 defeat of great rivals Arsenal today ensured they will finish above the Gunners in the Premier League for the first time since 1995. And in turn it has ended the curse of "St Totteringham's Day" […]

2017 April 30, John Hutchinson, “St Totteringham’s Day: Twitter reacts as Tottenham ensure they will finish above Arsenal in the Premier League and end the curse of ‘St Totteringham’s Day’”, in The Sun:

2022 October 4, Edwin Yeo, “Arsenal 3 Spurs 1 - It feels like St Totteringham's Day already”, in Yahoo News Singapore:

(soccer, colloquial) The day in an English Premier League football season on which it becomes mathematically impossible for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. to finish above Arsenal F.C. in the final rankings.


Spuds

Robbie Keane makes it Liverpool 1-2 Spuds.

2005 April 16, Roo, “Quick update...”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet):

The Spuds and Man Utd posters (with the exception of Jenkins) are all keeping their heads down on account of their respective teams poor form.

2013 December 5, Baldoni, “heh heh heh”, in alt.sports.soccer.arsenal (Usenet):

@DanColly added: "Think the Spuds fans enjoyed the Saliba song last week. But they sing it for Bissouma after clipping a cross straight out of play."

2022 October 8, Ryan Tailor, “Arsenal and Tottenham fans argue as Spurs accused of 'stealing William Saliba chant'”, in Daily Express:

(soccer, derogatory) Tottenham Hotspur F.C.


GRHE

(fishing) Initialism of gold-ribbed hare's ear.


Zeppelin stamp

(philately, historical) A postage stamp intended to pay the postage for mail carried on Zeppelin flights, either specially designed or overprinted, issued by certain countries during the late 1920s and early 1930s when Zeppelins flew passengers and mail between Germany and other countries.


CrossFitter

Despite the inherent risks of hundreds of thousands of people dabbling in Olympic weight-lifting techniques at their local strip malls, CrossFitters seem utterly dedicated to their hard-core workouts.

2014 October 14, Heather Havrilesky, “Why Are Americans So Fascinated With Extreme Fitness?”, in The New York Times Magazine:

(exercise) A person who participates in a CrossFit fitness regimen.


rollkur

(equestrianism) A horse riding technique particularly in dressage where the neck is bended forward, banned by multiple riding organizations because it is classified as ruining the health of equines by various means.


toehook

(climbing) An manoeuvre using the toes as a support or to hook onto a wall or rock.


enté en point

From French [Term?], compare Spanish entado en punta.

Brunswick and Lunenburgh impaled with Saxony, ente-en-point, that is, grafted in point.

1788, Hugh Clark, A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, etc. (The fifth edition, with considerable improvements.), page 133:

Paling Sicily; the whole enté en point of Granada. He bore the full arms of Lalain, […]

(heraldry) Impaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.


belay device

(climbing) a mechanical piece of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying


high-stick

en-verb

high-stick (third-person singular simple present high-sticks, present participle high-sticking, simple past and past participle high-sticked)

high-sticks (present singular third-person)
high-sticking (participle present)
high-sticked (participle past)
high-sticked (past)

(ice hockey, transitive) To perform high-sticking.


Bulgarian split squat

en-noun

Bulgarian split squat (plural Bulgarian split squats)

The exercise was supposedly popularized in the United States by Bulgarian weightlifting coach Angel Spassov (1941–2017) in the late 1980s.

People often think of Bulgarian split squats as a quad-crushing, glute and hamstrings-building challenge on leg day, instead of the complete core and lower-body compound exercise it can be used for.

2022 April 26, Jeff Tomko, “The Mixed-Load Bulgarian Split Squat Will Challenge Your Legs and Core”, in Men's Health:

(exercise) A variation of the split squat performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on a platform behind the body.


split squat

James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats. There is a near limitless variation of squats you can do if you get bored, from box squats to those with more exotic names such as cossack or Bulgarian.

2020 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Fit in my 40s: my muscles are in terminal decline. Can I rebuild them on my own?”, in The Guardian:

(exercise) A unilateral leg exercise performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on the ground behind the body.


enty

Enty : a word adopted but by few writers from the French enté, a graft , and applied to the base of the shield when parted off by a line chevrouwise : written by some heralds ampty. See Point : also Gusset.
Argent, on a chief enty [in more recent blazon 'indented'] azure five crosses croslet or—Ralph de Wilshere.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 230:

Shields parted chevronwise are common in the 15th century, when they are often blazoned as having chiefs "enty" or grafted. Aston of Cheshire bore "Party sable and silver cheveronwise" or "Silver a chief enty sable."

1910, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, page 320:

The third is gold with four pales of gules or red. The fourth is gules or red with a gold chain arranged per cross, per saltire, and in orle, charged at the center with an emerald proper [i.e. green]. It is enty of silver with a[…]

1982, The Flag Bulletin, volume 21, page 46:

(heraldry, of the base of a shield) Parted off chevronwise; (of a charge) enté en point, inserted into a chevronlike partition of the base of the shield.


counterwavy

On a fess, between two others wavy, counterwavy, a lion passant.

1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, London : J.R. Smith, page 495:

... “Cette blessure” (“This Wound”) in a round with Hélène Baillargeon and Alan Mills singing “Galant, tu perds ton temps” (“Lover, You're Wasting Your Time”). This wavy, counterwavy tit for tat goes on so long —with time-out for a[…]

2003 October 7, Gordon Sheppard, HA!: A Self-Murder Mystery, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:

Amayden, I, p. 350, blazon three bends wavy argent and gules; Giallolombardo-Arcangeli, p. 62, blazon five bends counterwavy, argent. […]

2011 November 10, Aa.Vv., Seventeenth century blazonry of the lesser Roman aristocracy (Un blasonario secentesco della piccola e media aristocrazia romana), Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 68:

(heraldry) Wavy, with the waves (of different lines) opposed instead of parallel.


climant

Sa. three goats, climant, ar. GARFORTH (Yorkshire).

1842, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland:

The nearest to the quartered coat, "Vert, a goat passant arg.," that I find there is "Vert, a goat climant arg.," assigned by Papworth to Felbury, of Northumberland, and similarly blazoned and assigned by Sir Bernard Burke[…]

Gules, a goat climant argent, attired or — BARWELL. Gules, a goat salient argent, armed or — BENSTED. Argent, a goat rampant sable, the head and part of the neck of the first armed vert — DE BUCKTON.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 287:

Obv. — A goat climant within a border of 12 cinquefoils interrupted by the type. Rev. — A device of doubtful interpretation intersected by two crosses in saltire and surmounted by a third.

1920, Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society, page 240:

(heraldry, of a goat, postpositive) Climbing; represented with its front legs raised.


embordured

Azur, a chief gules embordured or.

1680, Sir George Mackenzie, The Science of Herauldry, Treated as a Part of the Civil Law, and Law of Nations: Wherein Reasons are Given for Its Principles, and Etymologies for Its Harder Terms, page 28:

Armorial bearings - He bears for Arms : Quarterly, 1. ermine, three bars gules (for Fothringham); 2. gules, embordured a lion rampant or, with a scymitar in his dexter paw proper (for Scrymscoure); 3. argent, a lion passant[…]

1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 781:

(heraldry, rare) Furnished with a bordure (now especially if of the same tincture as the field).


saltorel

[…] saltorels ar. […]

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

John Edward Devlin. Armorial. Victorian. "College of Arms" shield. Arms : Azure, a saltorel, or, between three stars, argent. Crest : A griffin passant [gules], charged on the shoulder with the saltorel as in arms. Motto : Crux mea stella.

1905, Joseph Winfred Spenceley, A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-plates, page 9:

But it is striking that this armorial resembles that of the city of Amsterdam which has three saltorels per pale, without the flowering stems. The manors of Zundert and Breda in western North Brabant also have saltorels in their arms[…]

2007, Jochem Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market: Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of Dutch Families, W Books:


gringolée

From French gringolé (attested since 1644), related to the verb gringoler (and apparently dégringoler, attested in the form desgringueler from 1595), apparently from Middle Dutch crinkelen, from kring (“circle”), from Old Dutch *kring, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz; the semantics are obscure.

(heraldry) Of e.g. the ends of a cross: terminating in snakes' heads.


recercelée

Azure, a cross recercelée and voided or; a baton gules ....... Sire William de Basinges.

1828, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, A Roll of Arms of Peers and Knights in the Reign of Edward the Second, page 163:

Gu., a Cross recercelée erm., […]

1867, Charles Boutell, English Heraldry, page 56:

The cross recercelée has the ends split and curled outwards, but differs from the cross moline in having them pointed.

1894, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 620:

The cross recercelée has the ends split and curled outwards, but differs from the cross moline […] The cross recercelée is usually also voided. […] Basing, temp. Edward III.: azure, a cross recercelée and voided or.

1898, The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature: New Maps and Many Original American Articles by Eminent Authors. With New American Supplement, page 696:


sarcelly

From Anglo-Norman cercelé, recercelé ("curly, curled"), from Old French cercelé (compare cerceau (“hoop”)). Attested since at least 1500.

[…] ar. a bend, sarcelly, gu. betw. eight couped, ar. attired or. crosses, formée, sa.

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

Az. billetty and a cross sarcelly arg. John MORYS, Y. Az. a cross sarcelly pierced arg. MELTON, Aston, co. York. […] Az. a cross anchory or. BEAURAIN. […] Vert a cross sarcelly indented az. betw. three crosses croslet fitchy or. EYMORE.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, pages 609, 638:

Ermine, a cross sarcelly sable - GODARD, Chester.
Azure, crusilly a cross sarcelly disjoined or - KNOWLES, Earl of Banbury, ob. 1632. Argent, crusily gules a cross sarcelly sable - RALEIGH.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 178:

Gules, a cross sarcelly ermine.

1897, W. K. R. Bedford, Blazon Episc. (ed. 2) 217

(heraldry, of a cross) Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.


fruitagée

5 Cross, fruitagée. 6 Cross, catoosed. 7 Cross, double avellaney, or Cross mascle fruitagée.

Cross double fruitagée, or a mascle with four fruitages, or Cross with demi fleurs-de-lis on each side, the bottoms to avellanes, joined to the points thereof in cross. 5, fig. 19.

1830, Thomas Robson (engraver.), The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, page 14:

(R. 6, 6. c. fruitagée – the grapes proper);

1849, Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd, Die Hauptstücke der Wappenwissenschaft ... mit vielen Beispielen und Abbildungen erläutert, page 265:

(heraldry, rare, of a cross, rather than a plant) Bearing fruitages.


BABIP

batting average on balls in play#English

(baseball) Initialism of batting average on balls in play.


batting average on balls in play

batting average on balls in play (plural batting averages on balls in play)

batting averages on balls in play (plural)

(baseball) A type of batting average statistic which includes sacrifice flies but not strikeouts or home runs into the calculation.


metagelatin

(photography) A form of gelatin treated so that it remains fluid.


inescutcheoned

(heraldry) Presented as an inescutcheon.


strokeside

(rowing) Left-hand side of a rowing boat.


bowside

(rowing) Right-hand side of a rowing boat.


barstock

(metalworking) Alternative form of bar stock


trefly

Argent, a cross trefly voided gules and on a chief vert

1959, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge:

Arms : Argent two bars and on a chief gules, a cross trefly or, between two roundels barry wavy or and azure

Sable a cross trefly Argent, in the first quarter the Virgin and Child standing;[…]


crampony

(heraldry, uncommon) Synonym of cramponee


silbergroschen

silbergroschen (plural silbergroschens or silbergroschen)

silbergroschens (plural)
silbergroschen (plural)

German Confederation
German Confederation

(numismatics) A coin used in Prussia and several other German Confederation states in northern Germany during the 19th century, worth one thirtieth of a thaler.


slaggability

(metalworking) The quality or degree of being slaggable.


slaggable

en-adj

slaggable (comparative more slaggable, superlative most slaggable)

more slaggable (comparative)
most slaggable (superlative)

(metalworking) Able to be turned into slag.


panchromatize

en-verb

panchromatize (third-person singular simple present panchromatizes, present participle panchromatizing, simple past and past participle panchromatized)

panchromatizes (present singular third-person)
panchromatizing (participle present)
panchromatized (participle past)
panchromatized (past)

(transitive, photography) To cover with a panchromatic coating.


TNCA

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
w:Tamil Nadu Cricket Association

(sports) Initialism of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.


TNPL

Tamil Nadu Premier League
w:Tamil Nadu Premier League

(sports) Initialism of Tamil Nadu Premier League.


BCCI

Board of Control for Cricket in India
w:Board of Control for Cricket in India

(sports) Initialism of Board of Control for Cricket in India.


KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders
w:Kolkata Knight Riders

(cricket) Initialism of Kolkata Knight Riders.


praccy

en-noun

praccy (countable and uncountable, plural praccies)

A shortening of practice + -y (“forming diminutive nouns”).

suf

Check out this and other ng's for clan ad's. Most will request a trial to test you out etc. Commitment wise? Depends on the size of the clan and your availability really. We have two praccies a week, various friendlies and savage league games. It can get pretty hectic but if the clan is big enough it shouldn't be too bad.

1999 April 6, Rob Crossland, “Re: How to join a Clan? etc”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet):

The fundies take time to learn, and you're going to want to praccy everything we're teaching you. But here we're talking about team praccy, boys. As natural athletes, we don't have to praccy at all.

2019, Olly Postanin, Jacob Ardown, The Fundies: The Essential Hockey Guide from On the Bench:

For surreal competitors like most of these guys are though, these high-energy, no-nonsense practices delivered from a coach as decorated as Sutter are often welcomed with open arms and viewed as a necessary part of their turnaround. / Some of Calgary's top players echoed that sentiment after its short but exhausting pracky.

2021 March 10, Kyle Cantlon, “Darryl Sutter bag-skates Flames into oblivion during first practice”, in Yahoo! Sports:


praccy

en-verb

praccy (third-person singular simple present praccies, present participle praccying, simple past and past participle praccied)

praccies (present singular third-person)
praccying (participle present)
praccied (participle past)
praccied (past)

The continental breakfast takes a bit of getting used to but, like the duvet, I think I could learn to love it. Blasted off to the course chauffeured by Jouni and started praccying at 8am.


one-hitter

Coordinate term: no-hitter

The one-hitter Tuesday night marked the first time the Cardinals held the Pirates to one hit or less in a game in Pittsburgh since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson’s no-hitter in 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium.

2021 August 11, John Perrotto, “Wainwright pitches two-hit shutout, Cards top Pirates 4-0”, in The Seattle Times:

(baseball) A game in which one team makes only one hit.


RDL

Romanian deadlift
Romanian deadlift#English

(weightlifting) Initialism of Romanian deadlift.


jolloped

Argent, a Cock Gules, Armed, Crested, and Jolloped Or

1684, Richard Blome, An Essay to Heraldry, in two parts, page 181:

Sable, a cockatrice displayed argent, crested membered and jolloped gules.

1810, John Prince, Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, The Worthies of Devon, page 780:

The arms of this college are thus blazoned : Argent , a fess between three cocks' heads erased sable, crested and jolloped gules, all within a border entoyre of eight coronets, or.

1854, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae Or a Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales, page 689:

Argent, three cocks' heads erased sable, membered and jolloped gules.

1862, Thomas Tonge, Heraldic Visitation of the Northern Counties in 1530:


AoV

(photography) Initialism of angle of view.


AOV

(photography) Abbreviation of angle of view.


counterembattled

Az., on a fesse, embattled, counterembattled, arg., between three cocks' heads, erased, of the last, beaked, combed, and wattled, gu., two roses, also gu.

1860, Bernard Burke, A Selection of Arms Authorized by the Laws of Heraldry, page 34:

Shield of Beckingham. Argent a fess counterembattled between three escallops sable, impaling Gules within a border engrailed or a lion passant argent, late 14th-c.

1996, Penny Hebgin-Barnes, The Medieval Stained Glass of the County of Lincolnshire, page 29:

(heraldry) Having a lower edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements.


ASN

(sports) Abbreviation of national sporting authority. A type of sports sanctioning (authorization) body


counterpressing

Teams that are skilled in counterpressing are teams that attack with many of the players in close proximity to the ball carrier.

2017, Steffen Siebert, A League Of Their Own: The Secrets Of Club Soccer Champions, page 70:


in trian aspect

Related to trine (“threefold”), Latin tria (trēs).

In trian aspect means between passant and affronty. [...] Gules, on a mount vert a stork in trian aspect to the sinister[…]

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 24:

4 The Byrd arms show three gold stags' heads cut off at the neck ('erased') and turned to the viewer's left ('in trian aspect'), on a black ('sable') field. 'Sable' is confirmed by College[…]

2016 February 17, John Harley, The World of William Byrd: Musicians, Merchants and Magnates, Routledge, →ISBN:

Supporters — Dexter, a sea-lion azure, mane and head in trian aspect argent, langued gules, crowned with a crown tridenty gold; sinister, a seahorse azure, head and neck argent and crowned also with a crown tridenty gold,[…]

2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 4685:

(heraldry, rare) Positioned at such an angle as to show three-fourths of the figure: in between affronté (facing forward) and in profile. (When applied to creatures, chiefly found in modern rather than medieval heraldry.)


moundwork

en-noun

moundwork (countable and uncountable, plural moundworks)


buzzbait

(fishing) A fishing lure with blades that disturb the surface of the water.


snapshottery

He carried a sheaf of photographs. Some were large and were regularly mounted; others were but the informal products of snapshottery.

1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Entertains Several Ladies”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 147:

There was a series of ‘studies’ of the school buildings and grounds, in various lights, consciously trying to avoid the snapshottery which had been his previous manner.

1966, Jim Hunter, chapter 6, in The Flame,, New York: Pantheon, page 40:

[He] strove to demarcate his practice from professional photography on the one hand, and mere snapshottery on the other […]

1999, Reuel Golden, “Alvin Langdon Coburn”, in Masters of Photography, London: Carlton, published 2008, page 56:

(photography, chiefly derogatory) The practice of taking snapshots; the style or characteristics of snapshots.


yellow sallfly

yellow sallfly (plural yellow sallflies)

(fishing) A member of the Chloroperlidae family of stoneflies


wmkd

(philately) Abbreviation of watermarked.


toestrap

(sports) A strap that goes over the top of the toe end of a shoe to hold a foot in place. Used in sailing or cycling


mixed martial artist

mixed martial artist (plural mixed martial artists)

mixed martial arts
mixed martial arts#English

(sports, martial arts) A competitor in mixed martial arts


full debut

James Maddison, on his full debut, committed a foul as he tried to reach the second.

March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian:

(sports) The first time someone plays as a starter for a team


ingulphant

Per pale azure and purpure, three whales' heads erased or, each ingulphant of a spear-head argent, were the arms borne by Sir Hugh Vaughan of Littleton in Middlesex, in the reign of Henry VIII; and were quartered with[…]

1842, Thomas Moule, Heraldry of Fish: Notices of the Principal Families Bearing Fish in Their Arms, London : J. van Voorst, page 48:

[…] dolphins haurient, respectant and ingulphant of the flukes of an anchor reversed all proper; on a chief azure three mullets of the first.

1920, Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, page 766:

(heraldry, of a fish, whale, etc, uncommon) Swallowing.


loserest

Team captains took money on the side, so even the loserest ball player could pitch an inning.

2007, Chuck Palahniuk, Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey, page 52:

(US, sports) Synonym of losingest (“losing the most games, votes, etc.”)


meatball flag

(motor racing, slang) A black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.


NYSD

w:en:North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League

(UK, sports) Abbreviation of North Yorkshire and South Durham.. A cricket league, the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League in England, UK.


beginner slope

The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.

2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

(skiing) A ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before.


All-Pro

All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey had 80 yards on the ground and 80 through the air. Wide receiver Jauan Jennings became the second person in Super Bowl history to throw and catch touchdown passes.

2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:

(American football) A professional American football player selected (typically by press organizations) as the best player in a particular position during a given season.


address the ball

en-verb

address the ball (third-person singular simple present addresses the ball, present participle addressing the ball, simple past and past participle addressed the ball)

addresses the ball (present singular third-person)
addressing the ball (participle present)
addressed the ball (participle past)
addressed the ball (past)

(golf) To ground one's club immediately in front of or behind the ball, as a preamble to swinging.


goal machine

He [Robbie Fowler]would become one of Liverpool's finest – a goal machine – and, most importantly, he was one of our own. A real character who combined a touch of genius with a sense of mischief.

2021, Brian Barwick, Sixty Years a Red... and Counting!:


cold hand

Anthony’s performance was all the more glaring as he frequently found himself isolated on the wing or elbow, trying to break down Oklahoma City’s defense but finding himself caught in a forest of burly Thunder big men or clanging shots off the rim. / At times, the Knicks’ offense looked short-circuited. Anthony, despite his cold hand, kept shooting.

2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:

(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who fails to make successful shots in a game.


Hindu push-up

Referring to the fact that the exercise combines elements of a push-up and yoga (a system of exercises based on several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines).

(exercise) An exercise in which one goes from downward-facing dog to upward-facing dog, and vice versa.


jump ramp

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-jump ramp.wav

(skiing, snowboarding, cycling, skateboarding) A ramp used to be jumped from, and do tricks on the skates/board/skis/bike etc.


lap-chart

(motor racing) A graphic showing the position of each car during every lap of a race


portaledge

A ferocious storm kept the two men trapped on a portaledge—an artificial tent platform hung from pitons over the vertical void—for seven days and nights.

1999, Conrad Anker, David Roberts, The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 99:

[Warren] Harding, renowned for being tough and hard headed, had climbed the route in the days before portaledges, hanging every night in cramped and claustrophobic hammocks called 'Bat tents' which would fill with water when it rained.

2008, Andy Kirkpatrick, Psychovertical, London: Arrow Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 204:

Have you ever been shy to go to the bathroom when you're on a date at someone else's house? Well, when you're living on a portaledge, there's no room for such modesty.

2017 August 18, Sasha DiGiulian, “What Life’s Really Like 1,400 Feet Up a Big Wall”, in Outside, Chicago, I.L.: Outside, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-15:

It's your little pod, and on El Capitan specifically, you end up spending a tremendous amount of time in these portaledges, it becomes your home. It's where you cook. It's where you sleep. It's where you eat. It's where you go to the bathroom. Anytime you're not climbing, you're in these portaledges.

2018 November 27, Dave Davies, quoting Tommy Caldwell, “'It Looked Impossible': New Film Follows Free Climbers Up The 'Dawn Wall'”, in WFSU-TV, archived from the original on 2023-04-15:

(climbing) A portable tent system used by rock climbers to sleep in during a climb lasting multiple days.


half-frame

(photography) Being or relating to a kind of film camera using a film format of half the usual exposure size of a 35mm camera.


ozobrome

(photography, historical) A form of carbro print.


overcaster

[…] if it is desired to prolong for some special reason the life of the book without incurring the expense of a careful repair by an experienced overcaster.


CFlash

(photography) Abbreviation of CompactFlash: a flash memory format, the predecessor to the CompactFast format, using the same physical form factor, but with the older IDE interface instead of SATA.


CFlash

(photography) A CompactFlash memory card


CFast

(photography) Abbreviation of CompactFast: a flash memory format, the successor to the CompactFlash format, using the same physical form factor, updating the interface from IDE to SATA.


inside lane

(athletics) the lane closest to the inside of the track


unified rear triangle

en-noun

unified rear triangle (countable and uncountable, plural unified rear triangles)

(cycling) A bicycle rear suspension design where the bottom bracket and rear axle are directly connected at all times.


MTBer

While Lacondeguy is established as an indomitable freeride MTBer, he also spends a lot of time ripping up the FMX ramps and has a large bag of tricks to bring to the contest.

2013 January 25, “Farm Jam tipped to be bigger than ever”, in Stuff:


long pot

Brecel fired in doubles, a succession of stunning long pots and seemingly cleared balls at will as he rattled through the first four frames in under an hour.

2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport:

(snooker) A shot that pots a ball from across most of the table.


overhook

He used overhooks to block the punches, but he didn't seem to know any submissions off the overhooks.

2005, Eddie Bravo, Jiu-jitsu Unleashed, page 12:

(wrestling, martial arts) A clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.


overhook

en-verb

overhook (third-person singular simple present overhooks, present participle overhooking, simple past and past participle overhooked)

overhooks (present singular third-person)
overhooking (participle present)
overhooked (participle past)
overhooked (past)

Overhook one of his arms just above the elbow (here the right arm overhooks the opponent's left arm).

2004, Mark Hatmaker, No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes, page 128:

(wrestling, martial arts, transitive) To use such a hold upon.


microflash

A microflash unit typically has two tubes with a variable delay unit to provide two timed flashes. Optical coupling of the flash tubes gives an equivalent spatial position to avoid parallax of shadows.

1999, Sidney Ray, Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging, page 31:

Repetitive exposures from the same field allow unequivocal separation of noise from microflashes.

2015, Frank H. Johnson, Yata Haneda, Bioluminescence in Progress, page 283:

(photography) A flash of extremely short duration.


enzuigiri

(wrestling) An attack that strikes the back of the opponent's head.


speed skater

(skating) A person who competes in the sport of speed skating.


erminee

Ultimately from Old French erminé. Either inherited from Middle English ermyne (adj) or borrowed more recently from French erminé(e).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:erminee.

(heraldry) Of a cross: made up of four ermine spots arranged in the shape of a cross.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:erminée.


standing eight

(boxing) An eight-second count called by the referee during a match, to determine whether one of the boxers is fit to continue.


mound royal

(heraldry) orb (surmonted by a cross), mound, globus cruciger


amphithere

(heraldry, fantasy) Alternative form of amphiptere


WSX

(motor racing, motorcycling) Initialism of World Supercross.


WRX

(motor racing) Initialism of World Rallycross.


counter-courant

(heraldry) Depicted running in opposite directions.


guivre

The guivre / The legless and wingless guivre would have seemed a mere serpent, albeit an immensely powerful one, except for its massive dragon head, horned and bearded. Guivres liked to live in forests and wells—anywhere near water[…]

(heraldry, mythology) A serpentine creature, variously one with no limbs (like a simple snake, but often depicted swallowing someone), or with wings and only two legs (a wyvern).


mixed climbing

(climbing) the branch of ice climbing that specializes in climbing on frozen surfaces and bare rock surfaces.


in splendor

Richard II. — The cross of St. George, argent and vert; a hart lodged argent, attired, unguled, ducally gorged and chained or, between four suns in splendor,— Dieu et Mon. Two suns in splendor,— Droyt. Four suns in splendor.^([sic])

1880, George Henry Preble, History of the Flag of the United States of America, Boston: A. Williams and Company, pages 136–137:

(heraldry, of a sun) Depicted with a human face.


in glory

Arms : party per fess Azure and Sable, three suns in their glory, impaling, Argent, on a chevron Sable, before three hawks' heads erased proper, as many cinquefoils of the field. Crest : on a wreath a garb Or. Sacred to the[…]

1842, William Robinson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Stoke Newington in the County of Middlesex: Containing an Account of the Prebendal Manor, the Church, Charities, Schools, Meeting Houses, &c., with Appendices ..., page 166:

The sun is usually given 'in his glory,' or splendour, and represented by a human face, surrounded with sixteen rays of glory - see the Arms of Richmond, 'Gu. the sun in his glory, Arg.' Occasionally it is 'eclipsed,' the tincture being then sable.

1857, The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, page 146:

However on 9 Feb. 1585-6 he was awarded to pay 400 marks, and to leave goods to the value of £ 20. Arms : A. on a fess betw. 3 bibles G. a falcon rising O. betw. 2 suns in their glory. Granted by sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter king[…]

1861, Charles Henry Cooper, Thompson Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1586-1609, page 168:

Az. three suns in their glory or.

1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 1161:

Az. a sun in its glory Or. [ST. CLERE.]

1871, William Harvey, The Visitations of the County of Oxford Taken in the Years 1566 by William Harvey, Clarencieux ; 1574 by Richard Lee, Portcullis ; and in 1634 by John Philpott, Somerset, and William Ryley, Bluemantle, ... ; Together with the Gatherings of Oxfordshire, Collected by Richard Lee in 1574, page 48:

Gu. two bars erm. in chief three suns in glory or. NICHOLSON, Ballow House, co. Down; derived from Nicholson of Cumberland; quartering STEELE.[…]

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 29:

Sa. the sun in his glory between nine stars arg., 3, 2, 3 and 1. BAILLIE OF JERVISWOOD. Sa. the sun in his glory between nine stars arg., 3, 2, 3 and 1, a crescent for difference. BAILLIE OF MANORHALL.

1893, Sir James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 217:

Gules, two bars ermine in chief three suns in glory or -- NICHOLSON, Co. Down.[…]

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 558:


slipstreamer

Boca was what was known as a slipstreamer track. The long straightaways gave rise to the phenomenon known as slipstreaming, which was the partial vacuum created by the lead car as it reached the high speeds possible on the track. This vacuum created behind the lead car gave the second driver an advantage, for he could profit by the lack of air resistance to take the lead himself.

1973, Fred Mustard Stewart, The Mannings, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 552:

Dating back to 1925, Reims was a five-mile blast along public roads. It was best known for its long main straight — the Thillois straight — which made every race into a dramatic slipstreamer.

2001, Bruce Jones, The Official ITV F1 Sport Encyclopedia of Formula One: The Essential Guide to Grand Prix Racing, London: Carlton Press, →ISBN, page 344, column 1:

The few Formula 3 races I'd won had been slipstreamers, where you only had to be in the right place on the last lap to win.

2009, Gerald Donaldson, James Hunt: The Biography, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 119:

Throw in the two DRS (drag reduction system) zones to assist with overtaking this year, as well as KERS (kinetic energy recovery system), and it is no wonder Whitmarsh is full of anticipation for the weekend ahead. ¶ "Perhaps it's a bit premature to be discussing the return of the epic 'Monza slipstreamer'," said Whitmarsh.

2011 September 8, Ian Parkes, quoting Martin Whitmarsh, “Martin Whitmarsh predicts classic battle at Monza”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-07:

(motor racing) A race in which the shape of the track causes extensive slipstreams to form behind each car.


in increment

... dexter, per fess on a chief azure, the moon in increment argent; in base, gules, a bear passant proper; sinister, the national eagle displayed, with the radiant All-seeing eye above, but no tinctures are indicated.

1900, American Journal of Numismatics, page 22:

[...] between fesswise a crescent moon in her increment and one in her decrement argent.

1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:


in decrement

It is an observation amongst Fishermen, that when the Moon is in her Decrement or Wane (as we commonly call it) these […]

1664, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 238:

[…] Crest - A fawn's head holding in its mouth a moon in its decrement and gorged with a wreath of pears slipped on the […]

1921, Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain, page 750:

LUKIN -2- A : Argent, on a bendlet thrice embattled gules, masoned sable, three crescent moons in their decrement in bend Or. […] […] between fesswise a crescent moon in her increment and one in her decrement argent.


of the colours

CREST – Upon a torce of the colours, a swan's neck and breast, with wings displayed, proper.

1801, William Betham, The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families: With Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Armorial Bearings, page 306:

Crests - 1. on a wreath of the colours, a cock proper, charged with a crescent gules (Corry); 2. on a wreath of the colours, a garland between two laurel branches vert (Lowry)[…]

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

The shield is ensigned by a helmet to dexter with mantlings or and gules, and surmounted by the crest; out of a torse of the colours a lion rampant issuant or.

1915, Rowland Winn St. Oswald (2d Baron of), Maurice Walter Brockwell, Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art in the Collection of Lord St. Oswald at Nostell Priory, page 290:

Unless other tinctures are specified, the torse, like the mantling, is of the colours, i.e. of the principal metal and the principal colour.

1983, Charles Boutell, Boutell's Heraldry, Frederick Warne Publishers, page 155:

(heraldry, of a wreath, torse, etc) Having, in alternating sections, the principal metal and principal colour of the associated arms.


mediobrome

For darkening any print area larger than a spot, mediobrome is the best friend of the bungling tyro with ten thumbs!

(photography, historical, chiefly attributive) A variant of the bromoil process.


cross potent

(heraldry) A cross with crossbars at the ends of its arms.


cross potence

Chace, Gu. four crosses potence ar. two and two; on a canton az, a lion passant or.

1780, Joseph Edmondson, A Complete Body of Heraldry:

Crest - A lion ramp. or, holding betw. his feet a cross potence gu.

1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland:

(heraldry) Alternative form of cross potent.


in vigilance

Arms : Azure standing within a crown gold surmounting a conical mound in base vert a crane in her vigilance all silver.

1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms, page 10:

Or, a crane in her vigilance, azure, standing in reeds proper.

1943, National Americana Society, Americana Illustrated, page 133:

Quarterly; 1st and 4th azure, crane in his vigilance argent, gorged of a crown or; second and third[…]

1973, Helen B. Walter, Robert J. Walter, Nicola Walter and Descendants:

If by chance it falls asleep, the stone would drop and thus awaken it. In heraldry, the cranes most often were presented as in vigilance.

1977, Lucia Liu Severinghaus, A Design for an Education Center at the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin:

Crest. A crane in its vigilance. Motto. Vigilantia (Seal on Col Paumiér's will).

1983, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society:

KHVOSHCHINSKY -1- A : Per fess gules and azure, in chief fesswise a crescent points couped in pale Or, and in base a crane in its vigilance, proper.

(heraldry, of a crane) Standing on one leg, typically holding a stone in its other, raised leg.


en arrière

Argent, a Bend between six Bees en Arrière Sable : BEESTON.

1790, Anthony Wood, The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the university of Oxford, page 256:

[…] a chevron between two boars ' heads erased in chief and a bee volant en arrière in base all counterchanged.

1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 225:

The arms of Bassano (really of foreign origin and not an English coat) are : “ Per chevron vert and argent, in chief three silkworm flies palewise en arrière, and in base a mulberry branch all counterchanged.

1925, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 261:

(heraldry, chiefly of an insect) With its back to the viewer.


in full aspect

Mexico - Arms : ar. upon a rock, issuant from the sea in base, the nopal or tuna plant, thereon an eagle in full aspect, wings expanded, the head towards the dexter, holding in the beak a snake or serpent bowed embowed, all ppr[…]

1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 1:

Perch / Or an eagle in full aspect gu. standing on a perch issuing out of the sinister side arg.

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 312:


coupy

William MEINARD, Lord MEINARD, Argent, a Cheveron Azure, between three sinister Hands erected coupy, at the Wrest Gules. This Family was ancient in England; the Heads of which served under Prince Edward, called the Black Prince[…]

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 269:

[...] hee may bee Distinguished from the vulgar sort of people and thereupon haue assigned unto him this Coate and Creast ensewing, vidzt Argent three Torteuxes and a cheife Gules and for his Creast a horse head Coupy Argent mained[…]

1925, Willoughby Aston Littledale, A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the Mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford, and Elsewhere, page 15:

(heraldry, obsolete) Alternative form of coupé i.e. couped.


pairle

Azure, a Pairle Or.

1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 195:

As to its position, examples of its use in bend, in saltire, and even in pairle, are to be found without difficulty. It may be well to remark that the position of charges in pairle is a very common one in German heraldry,[…]

1886, Walford Dakin Selby, The Genealogist, page 228:

The trail entered Covington from the northeast and went out through Conecuh. In general, Conecuh, Butler, and Covington Counties are at the three ends of a Y (pairle). By notching the pairle the old trail is exactly indicated.

1928, United States. National Guard Bureau, Official National Guard Register, page 58:


consensus national champion

en-noun

consensus national champion (plural consensus national champions)

(American football) In regard to national championships in college football, a team that was selected as national champions by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll.


restricted area

restricted area (plural restricted areas)

(basketball) The area behind an arc extending some distance from the basket into the key, to prevent secondary defenders from taking a position under the basket in an attempt to draw an offensive foul while a player is driving to the basket.


tricorporated

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tricorporated.


bicorporated

Vert, a bicorporated lion sejant guardant […]

1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory, London : T.C.; & E.C. Jack, page 426:


appalmed

[…] The term is however quite needless, as every hand not blazoned as aversant, or dorsed, is supposed to be appalmed.

1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 11:

[...] on a ffess Argent 3 dex : hands appalm'd G. / Crest, on a Wreath a Lion ramp. Or in his Mouth a Hand Gules (cf. Mylles, Visit. London 1568, Harl. Soc., Vol. I., p. 11).

1908, Thomas Benolt, The Four Visitations of Berkshire, page 180:

[...] the vertical staff surmounted by an appalmed hand bearing the motto, Fiducia concors, [...]

2007, Timothy Wilks, Prince Henry Revived: Image and Exemplarity in Early Modern England, Paul Holberton Publishing:


Schenectady putter

Schenectady putter (plural Schenectady putters)

(golf, historical) A kind of center-shafted, mallet-headed putter.


Calvary cross

Arms of Baldwin : Gules, on a chevron or between three Calvary crosses argent, as many slips of laurel fructed proper; with an inescocheon, Azure, within barrulets or, three escallops fessways erminois, in chief an etoile […] Crest, a squirrel or, sejant upon a hazel-branch fructed turned up behind his back, the dexter paw holding a slip of the same proper, the sinister paw resting upon a Calvary cross sable.

1864, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society, page 57:

[...] in the Notitia Monastica it is a Calvary cross sable, standing on a basis of two steps, and fimbriated or. Or the device may have belonged to some guild or fraternity among the townsmen of Nottingham. Thoroton mentions one more[…]

1867, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 168:

The arms are argent, a Calvary cross gules. Is the name identical with our Brignal so common in the county of Durham, and which probably originates from Brignal near Rokeby?

(heraldry) A cross atop a platform of (typically three) stepped tiers.


quad meet

(US, sports) A competition between four teams.


rabbit ball

(baseball, derogatory) A lively ball that easily travels far off the bat.


French cleat

(woodworking) A type of simple wall-hanging hardware.


medium long shot

medium long shot (plural medium long shots)

A long shot or medium long shot will most successfully cover all of the action during the meeting of the two characters.

2012, Christopher J. Bowen, Roy Thompson, Grammar of the Shot, page 45:

The size of a medium long shot is also ideal to establish the dynamics of a relationship between characters, by the way they are placed within the composition (by using Hitchcock's rule, or balanced/unbalanced framings, for instance).

2013, Gustavo Mercado, The Filmmaker's Eye, page 53:

(photography, cinematography) A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.


medium shot

The film then cuts to a medium shot, not of Marguerite but of Faust looking in the girl's direction with the devil posed somewhat artistically behind him, and the two begin to sing.

2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 81:

(photography, cinematography) A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the waist on up, wider than a close up but tighter than a medium long shot.


antiplumming

Coordinate term: antibronzing

an antiplumming agent

(photography) Preventing plum-colored distortion of prints.


antibronzing

Coordinate term: antiplumming

an antibronzing agent

(photography) Preventing bronze-colored distortion of prints.


rein-back

(equestrianism) The two-beat movement in which a horse is asked to back up. The horse picks up and sets down its feet almost in diagonal pairs, and moves straight backwards with the line of the forelegs following those of the hind legs.


Texas wedge

(golf, slang) The putter, when used to take a shot that is not on the green.


banana slice

(golf) Synonym of slice (“shot that curves unintentionally”)


papelonné

For quotations using this term, see Citations:papelonné.

(heraldry) Divided into a pattern (counted as one of the heraldic furs) which resembles scales, such as are found on fish or on butterflies' wings, perhaps originally representing stylized feathers or diaper. (Compare escaloped, plumetty.)


escartelly

(heraldry) Having a single square perturbance in the middle (of a line).


per chevron

per chevron gules and argent; tierced per chevron; an escutcheon tierced per pale and per chevron

(heraldry) (Partitioned) along the bent line(s) of a chevron, (especially) into two areas (formally party per chevron).

(tierced, etc) en chevron

heraldry: partitioned along the bent line of a chevron


per fess

per fess gules and argent; tierced per fess

(heraldry) (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).

coupé

heraldry: partitioned horizontally: party per fess


pall reversed

The Chinese running-hand form of the number six is 1, and this scarcely bears comparison with the mark in question, which looks almost exactly like an inverted pall or Y, each of whose three branches is formed of four circlets or dots, making twelve altogether.

It may be embroidered or edged with lace and a cross worked on its centre to distinguish it from the Mass corporal; or an inverted pall of the right size might conveniently be used if preferred.

1956, Edward Cyril Russell Lamburn, Ritual Notes:

When the two arms of the "Y" are on the hoist it may be called a simple pall, with the two arms on the fly a reversed pall, with the two arms on the top edge an upright pall and with the two arms on the bottom edge of the flag an inverted pall.

2008, A. P. Burgers, The South African flag book:

(heraldry) An ordinary that looks like an upside-down 'Y' (⅄).


advance the ball

en-verb

advance the ball (third-person singular simple present advances the ball, present participle advancing the ball, simple past and past participle advanced the ball)

advances the ball (present singular third-person)
advancing the ball (participle present)
advanced the ball (participle past)
advanced the ball (past)

Osweiler finished the game 22 for 41 for a measly 131 yards. He was sacked just once but spent the evening throwing short, ineffective passes that did little to advance the ball.

2016 October 25, Matt Bonesteel, “The Texans have a Brock Osweiler problem”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2019-01-02:

(sports, of ball games) To move the ball closer to the goal.


JDN

(chronology) Initialism of Julian Day Number.


backerboard

A board used behind or under other material, often as support.

(carpentry, woodworking) A sacrificial board placed behind or under a board being drilled or sawn, so as to prevent blowouts. (Usually scrap ends reused for such purpose.)


possession arrow

en-noun

possession arrow (plural possession arrows)

Faced with all that countervailing authority, the best respondent could realistically hope for is that we declare §101(27) a jump ball. And under our clear-statement rule, a jump ball is as good as a possession arrow favoring the party opposing the abrogation of sovereign immunity.

2023, Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (U.S. Supreme Court No. 22–227), Justice Gorsuch (dissenting opinion)

(basketball) An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow on offense.


Chinese homer

Chinese home run
Chinese home run#English

(US, baseball, slang) Synonym of Chinese home run


Clayden effect

Derived from experiments described by A. W. Clayden.

After I had established in this way the similarity between the action of electrical discharges and of the Röntgen rays, it was very important to determine whether here, as in the Clayden effect, it was a matter of the brief but intense light action of the spark or whether perhaps some special electrical property was the determining factor.

1910 April, Wilder D. Bancroft, “The Electrochemistry of light”, in The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume 14, number 4, page 306:

Other important film effects such as reciprocity failure and intermittancy ^([sic]), adjacency effects, Herschel effects, solarization effects, and Clayden effects have not been considered in the simple discussion presented here, […]

1975, Coherent Optical Processing: Seminar, page 56:

This is an example of the Clayden effect shown by certain photographic emulsions. It is seen much more clearly on the negative, or in direct traces on an opaque film of the light of a more sensitive emulsion.

2022, Leonard B. Loeb, Electrical Coronas: Their Basic Physical Mechanisms, page 190:

(photography) A dark streak that appears in a photograph when there has been a very brief flash of intense light, such as a stroke of lightning, while the photographic plate is being exposed. This effect is caused by the flash causing the part of the photographic plate exposed to the intense light less sensitive, so that it is less affected than the surrounds during the rest of the exposure.


per bend

per bend argent and gules; tierced per bend

Per bend and per pale or and arg. JOHNSON, 1730.
Per bend or and az. CRANE.
Per bend dancetty or and az. […]

1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 182:

(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).

tranché

heraldry: partitioned diagonally (\): party per bend


Granby roll

Named for Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, where it was popularized by coach Billy Martin, Sr.

(wrestling) A reversal performed from an inferior position, usually when the top wrestler has a hold upon the lower wrestler's waist from the side or when moving to "take the back". The bottom wrestler rises slightly and cross-steps under his own body, using it to post as they kick high with the other leg and perform a shoulder roll to the inside shoulder, achieving either an escape or a reversal with possible back points on the other wrestler.


per bend sinister

per bend sinister argent and azure; tierced per bend sinister

(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the sinister chief (viewer's top right) towards the dexter base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend sinister).

taillé

heraldry: partitioned diagonally (/): party per bend sinister


fisherman buster

fisherman buster (plural fisherman busters)

(wrestling) A variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to lift them off the ground, and then performs a fisherman's suplex.


qualifying round

qualifying round (plural qualifying rounds)

(sports) A preliminary game in a cup competition after which the winner progresses to the championship competition.

selejtezőkör

A preliminary game designed to find a winner


backprime

en-verb

backprime (third-person singular simple present backprimes, present participle backpriming, simple past and past participle backprimed)

backprimes (present singular third-person)
backpriming (participle present)
backprimed (participle past)
backprimed (past)

From back + prime (“to prepare a mechanism for its main work; to apply a coat of primer paint to”).

af

I'm assuming a well-built building, with clear pine trim and vertical-grain red cedar clapboards. The first step is to backprime the trim and siding. Backpriming is simply painting the back of the boards — the side against the house — with oil-base primer before they are installed.

1992, Jim Locke, The Well-Built House, Revised edition, New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 262:

One of the best ways to control wood movement and prevent splitting, warping, and shrinking is to backprime it (coat the back surfaces with either primer paint or stain) before installation.

2008, Clayton DeKorne, Ted Cushman, “Appendix A: Selecting Trim Materials”, in Finish Carpentry, Newton, CT: Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 218:

(transitive, woodworking) To apply a layer of primer to the back side of (a surface).


GIDP

(baseball) Initialism of ground into double play: a double play initiated by a batter hitting a ground ball.


umpire-in-chief

(baseball) The umpire in charge of the entire game, in cases where there is more than one umpire.


variation of the field

en-noun

variation of the field (plural variations of the field)

(heraldry) Any of the ways (such as barry or chequy) in which a field or charge may be covered with a pattern, rather than a flat tincture or a simple division.


front nine

(golf) The first nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.


back nine

(golf) The final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.


celebrappeal

(cricket) An overenthusiastic appeal in the form of a celebration, without waiting for the umpire to give the batter out.


celebrappeal

en-verb

celebrappeal (third-person singular simple present celebrappeals, present participle celebrappealing, simple past and past participle celebrappealed)

celebrappeals (present singular third-person)
celebrappealing (participle present)
celebrappealed (participle past)
celebrappealed (past)

(cricket) The act of making a celebrappeal.


ice wagon

He can't hit a thing or he can't get it over the base, or he's an ice wagon on the bases, they say.

1914, William T. Ellis, "Billy" Sunday: The Man and His Message, Philadelphia, P.A.: Universal Book and Bible House, page 274:

A veteran first-baseman-catcher, Duke Jantzen, who had played briefly with the Texas Midland in 1896, was engaged as player-manager. Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third.

1987, Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888–1987: A Century of Baseball, Austin, T.X.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 290:


synchro-sunlight

(photography) The use of a flash in daylight in order to enhance the shadows in the resulting photograph.


DPi

en-noun

DPi (countable and uncountable, plural DPis)

(motor racing) Initialism of Daytona prototype, international.: A racing prototype sports car classification. A derivative of IMSA DP (“Daytona prototypes”), with some homologation with FIA standards, for international racing suitable for both FIA and IMSA sanctioning.

Daytona prototype

(motor racing) A race car conforming to this class.


LMDh

LMDh (countable and uncountable, plural LMDhs)

(motor racing) Initialism of Le Mans-Daytona hypercar.: A classification of racing prototype sports cars for endurance racing, available under IMSA and FIA WEC sanctioned races.

Le Mans-Daytona hypercar

(motor racing) A race car of this class.


mashie iron

(golf, dated) An obsolete golf club, the equivalent of a modern 4-iron.


all-everything

Adam was a great soccer player. From the time he was four or five, he was just a beast. He was the kid that took every throw-in, every goal kick, every free kick, every penalty kick. When he became a teenager, he was a monster. He was all-everything.

2012, Simon Keith, Jason Cole, Tom Yaeger, Heart for the Game: The Incredible Saga of Simon Keith, Nexus Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 36:

Blazers / For those who sympathize for the all-everything player, this scenario is for you.

2019 January 15, Mike Botticello, “7 Teams We'd Like To See Anthony Davis Join”, in Complex, New York, N.Y.: Complex Networks, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-07:

(sports slang) Of a player: having an extremely broad range of skills.


cross moline

(heraldry) A cross that has four equal-length arms with forked tips, so that it resembles a moline.


drop handlebar

(cycling, chiefly in the plural) A type of curved handlebar typically used on racing bicycles.


Abalakov thread

Abalakov thread (plural Abalakov threads)

Invented by Soviet climber Vitaly Abalakov.

(climbing) A climbing aid consisting of a hook-like device that allows a length of cord or webbing to be threaded through two holes drilled in the ice.


outfield player

outfield player (plural outfield players)

(soccer) Any of the players on a football team other than the goalkeeper.


D/L/S

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method


Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

An extension of the Duckworth-Lewis method by Australian statistician Steven Stern.

(cricket) A mathematical algorithm for generating revised target scores for the side batting second in a rain-affected one-day match.


white balance

(photography) The color correction applied to files created by a digital camera. It determines the color temperature of the image based on the type of scene lighting (natural or artificial) and can be selected automatically by the camera (automatic white balance or AWB) or manually by the photographer.


shoulder display

shoulder display (plural shoulder displays)

(photography) A small LCD display integrated into the top of certain digital cameras, usually to the right of the viewfinder. It allows the photographer to quickly assess important settings of the camera at a glance, such as aperture, shutter speed, white balance or free space remaining on the memory card.


British Open

(golf) An informal name for the Open Championship, the oldest golf tournament in the world


chalky paper

chalky paper (countable and uncountable, plural chalky papers)

(philately) A kind of paper coated with a chalky solution for security purposes, to prevent removal of a postmark without damaging the stamp.


pencil fever

(horse racing, slang, obsolete) The situation where punters discover that a horse is almost certain to lose, and so become eager to lay bets against it.


Eberhard effect

Eberhard effect (plural Eberhard effects)

(film, photography) The situation where narrow areas of high and low density cause two Mackie lines to meet, resulting in increased density in a small area.


rule of tincture

(heraldry) A design philosophy, or rule of thumb, found in some heraldic traditions, that "metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour".

tinkturregeln

heraldic rule of thumb: "no metal on metal, nor colour on colour"