Trap-ball

  • 1Trap-ball — Trap ball, Knur and Spell, or Nipsy is an old English game. It can be traced back to the beginning of the fourteenth century and was commonly played in northern England as late as 1825, but has since been practically confined to children. As late …

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  • 2trap|ball — «TRAP BL», noun. 1. an old game in which a player strikes a trap to throw the ball into the air and then hits the ball to some distance. 2. the ball used in this game …

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  • 3trap-ball — …

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  • 4ball-trap — [ baltrap ] n. m. • 1880; de l angl. ball « balle » et trap « ressort » ♦ Anglic. Appareil à ressort qui lance une cible simulant un oiseau en plein vol, et que le chasseur doit toucher (cf. Tir au pigeon). S exercer au ball trap. Des ball traps …

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  • 5ball-traps — ● ball trap, ball traps nom masculin (anglais ball trap, de ball, boule, et trap, ressort) Appareil à ressort lançant en l air des disques d argile, dits « pigeons d argile », servant de cible ; tir au fusil pratiqué avec cet appareil. ● ball… …

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  • 6trap — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a an enclosure or device, often baited, for catching animals, usu. by affording a way in but not a way out. b a device with bait for killing vermin, esp. = MOUSETRAP. 2 a trick betraying a person into speech or an act (is this… …

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  • 7trap — I. n. 1. Snare, gin, pitfall, springe, toil. 2. Ambush, stratagem, artifice, pitfall, trapan, toil, wile. 3. Trap ball. 4. Trap rock. II. v. a. 1. Ensnare, entrap, springe, noose. 2. Trapan, ensnare, take by s …

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  • 8Ball trap — Pas de tir à Andenne. On note le port de protections auditives par le tireur. Le ball trap ou balltrap[1], autrefois appelé « tir aux pigeons d argile », est un exercice d adresse …

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  • 9trap — trap1 [trap] n. [ME trappe < OE træppe, akin to treppan, to step, Ger treppe, stairway < IE * dreb , to run, step, trip (var. of base * drā ) > Pol drabina, ladder] 1. any device for catching animals, as one that snaps shut tightly when… …

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  • 10Trap shooting — is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shotgun shooting at clay targets). The others are Skeet shooting and sporting clays. There are many versions including Olympic Trap, Double Trap (which is also an Olympic event) …

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