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cutting the Turk's head [1 record]

Record 1 2017-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Performing Arts (General)
DEF

An ancient game or event of a sporting competition in which mounted knights were trying to cut as many tent's strainers they can with their sabre while horse-ridden; nowadays, a game reproduced in a formation-type performance by mounted horsemen.

OBS

Turk's head: A knot used to shorten a tent's strainer without cutting it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
DEF

Ancienne épreuve des compétitions sportives entre chevaliers dans laquelle chacun tentait de trancher d'un coup de sabre le plus de tendeurs de tente possible tout en demeurant à cheval; de nos jours, jeu exécuté en formation dans les spectacles de carrousel.

OBS

Durant la Première Guerre mondiale et les autres guerres au début du XXe siècle, manœuvres nocturnes contre les installations des forces adverses.

OBS

bonnet turc; tête de Turc : noms donnés au nœud servant à raccourcir un tendeur de tente sans le couper.

Spanish

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