Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A curling match or tournament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A match between two opposite parties, as two parishes, at archery, golf, curling, etc.: now generally restricted to the last-mentioned game.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A curling match between clubs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland, Canada A
tournament in the sport ofcurling .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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As for the origins of the word "bonspiel," Collected Wisdom blew the dust of its copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, which tells us the word is "of uncertain origin and history."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Philip Jackman 2011
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However, when curlers play a similar group of games, it is called a bonspiel.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Philip Jackman 2011
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And indeed the weather has played its part and in a better, saner world the bonspiel would be going ahead.
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Central Scotland Police, who were involved in the negotiations, said they had a number of "serious concerns" about the proposed bonspiel.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010
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Central Scotland Police, who were involved in the negotiations, said they had a number of "serious concerns" about the proposed bonspiel.
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It is hard to imagine what might make this bonspiel more dangerous than the last two Grand Matches held in 1979 and 1963.
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Might holding the bonspiel take quite some organisation?
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010
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It is hard to imagine what might make this bonspiel more dangerous than the last two Grand Matches held in 1979 and 1963.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010
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And indeed the weather has played its part and in a better, saner world the bonspiel would be going ahead.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2010
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Might holding the bonspiel take quite some organisation?
bilby commented on the word bonspiel
A match in the sport of curling is a bonspiel.
December 26, 2007