English Dictionary

balk

IPA（発音記号）

/bɔːk/

名詞

廃用

(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing. / (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

日本語の意味

（農業）耕作によって生じる未耕作の尾根、または耕作面にできる凹凸 / （考古学）発掘現場の周囲に形成された土の塀や壁

The farmer walked along the old balk between the strips of land, remembering how it had been formed by generations of ploughing.

農夫は、畑の区画の間に残る古い未耕作の畝に沿って歩き、それが何世代にもわたる耕作で形成されたことを思い出していた。

意味（1）

(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.

Bad ploughmen, which made balks of such ground.

意味（2）

(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

意味（3）

Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

意味（4）

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

, Concealment of Sin a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker

意味（5）

A sudden and obstinate stop.

意味（6）

(obsolete) An omission.

意味（7）

(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.

意味（8）

(badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.

意味（9）

(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

意味（10）

(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.

意味（11）

(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.

balks （ plural ）