English Dictionary

span counter

名詞

不可算名詞

An old English children's game, in which one throws a counter on the ground, and another tries to hit it with his counter, or to get his counter so near it that he can span the space between them, and touch both the counters.

日本語の意味

古英語に伝わる子供の遊びの名称。遊びでは、一人の子供がカウンター（小さな道具）を地面に投げ、もう一人の子供が自分のカウンターでそれに当てるか、もしくは、自分のカウンターを投げられたカウンターに極めて近づけ、両方のカウンターに同時に触れることを試みるゲームを指す。

Last summer my grandfather taught me how to play span counter on the garden path, flicking a tiny coin while I tried to strike it or bring my piece so close that I could touch both at once.

去年の夏、祖父は庭の小道でイギリスの古い子供の遊びで使う小さな駒の遊び方を教えてくれ、祖父が小さな硬貨をはじくのを、私はそれを当てるか自分の駒を両方触れるほど近づけるようにしながら見ていた。

意味（1）

An old English children's game, in which one throws a counter on the ground, and another tries to hit it with his counter, or to get his counter so near it that he can span the space between them, and touch both the counters.

Henry the Fifth, in whose time boys went to span-counter for French crowns