|
|
Definition of Sport kite
1. Noun. A maneuverable kite controlled by two lines and flown with both hands.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sport Kite
Literary usage of Sport kite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar: With by William Wycherley, William Congreve, Leigh Hunt, John Vanbrugh, George Farquhar (1840)
"... hurries 'em on like a man drunk with brandy before ten o'clock in the morning.—But
we lose our sport : Kite has opened above an hour ago, let's away. ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... who wrote a practical treatise on the subject in 1826), but excelled in those
higher branches of the sport, kite-hawking and heron-hawking, ..."
3. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"... who wrote a practical treatise on the subject in 1826), but excelled in those
higher branches of the sport, kite-hawking and heron-hawking, ..."
4. The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes by Walter Scott (1811)
"... in the morning—But we lose our sport : Kite has opened above an hour ago :
let's away. War. I find she's warm'd ; I must strike while lit iron is hot. ..."
5. The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar by George Farquhar (1892)
"But we lose our sport: Kite has opened above an hour ago, let's away. [Exeunt.
SCENE III. Serjeant KITE'S Quarters. Serjeant KITE, in a conjurer's habit, ..."
Other Resources:
