英语词汇“tent、peg”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tent-peg

释义

ˈtent-peg
One of the (usually wooden) pegs, with a notch at the upper end, to which when stuck in the ground the ropes of a tent are fastened. Hence ˈtent-ˌpegging, an Indian cavalry sport, in which the player, riding at full speed, tries to transfix and carry off, on the point of his lance, a tent-peg fixed in the ground. Also attrib. So ˈtent-ˌpegger, one who takes part in this exercise.
1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 326 Between the tent-pegs of every tent.1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 155 ‘Tent-pegging’ is a very favorite amusement of the sowar.1900Daily News 26 June 3/1 The tugs-of-war, tent-peggings, V.C. races, etc., were well contested.1901Daily Chron. 31 May 6/2 ‘Bobs’..was himself the champion tent-pegger against all comers.

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