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bord-and-cord
† bord-and-cord Obs. [perh. f. bord, board ‘side, border’, and cord.] An obsolete game played with a ball by five on each side.1591 in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. III. 117 In this square they (stript out of their dubletts) played, five to five, with the hand ball, at bord and cord (as they tearme it). Oxford English Dictionary
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Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England
These rings sometimes served a practical purpose—for example, a soldier could tie a cord to the ring and subsequently hang the sword from their wrist. In Old English, a shield was called a bord, rand, scyld, or lind ("linden-wood"). wikipedia.org
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fives
▪ I. † fives1 Obs. = avives.1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 54 His horse..past cure of the Fiues. 1639 T. de la Grey Compl. Horsem. 79 This terme Avives we have also gotten from the French..secundum vulgus, it is called the Fives or Vives.▪ II. fives2 (faɪvz) [pl. of five n., used as sing. The reaso... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bordesley, Birmingham
History In Old English Bord's leah means 'Bord's clearing'. The name shares its origin with neighbouring Balsall Heath, first recorded as Bordeshale, derived from Bord's healh meaning 'Bord's heath' or 'Bord's nook wikipedia.org
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Fives
a tennis-court, and making a cross line in the middle; in this square they (being stript out of their dublets) played five to five with hand-ball at bord and cord as they tearme it, to the great liking of her highness" - John Nichols, The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, Volume II. wikipedia.org
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List of castles in France
Essalois Grangent Montrond Rapetour La Roche Rochetaillée Trolanderie Virieu Puy-de-Dôme (63) Aulteribe Bostfranchet Château-Dauphin Chazeron Cordès Saint-Félix-Lauragais Saint-Jory Saint-Paul-d'Oueil Salvetat-Saint-Gilles Sarremezan Vallègue Vieillevigne Villefranche Hautes-Pyrénées (65) Beaucens Bordères-Louron wikipedia.org
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List of French words of Germanic origin (H–Z)
" < Gmc, cf OHG harfan "to seize", OE hreppan "to touch", ON harpa "cramp") harpe harpon harpin harpigner harpon "harpoon" harponner harponneur hart "cord plaqueur placage placard plat "flat" ( < OFr < LL *plattus < Gmc, cf Germ platt "flat", OE plot "plot, piece of ground") platée aplatir platitude plat-bord wikipedia.org
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List of film and television accidents
Actor Bernd Tauber noticed Fedder was suddenly missing and cried out, "Mann-über-Bord!" ("Man overboard!"). Charlize Theron was performing backflips during filming and landed on her neck, herniating a disc close to her spinal cord. wikipedia.org
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