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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).
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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").
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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...
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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