Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Scots A curling match or tournament.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A match between two opposite parties, as two parishes, at archery, golf, curling, etc.: now generally restricted to the last-mentioned game.
Wiktionary
- n. A tournament in the sport of curling.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A curling match between clubs.
Etymologies
- Probably Dutch *bonspel, league game : bon, league, perhaps from bonne, precinct of a city + spel, game, from Middle Dutch.
Examples
“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.”
“However, when curlers play a similar group of games, it is called a bonspiel.”
“And indeed the weather has played its part and in a better, saner world the bonspiel would be going ahead.”
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“Might holding the bonspiel take quite some organisation?”
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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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“Maybe it's because Tiger is always surrounded by an adoring media and fans that he isn't grounded in reality, but he should note that golf is slightly more exciting than watching a professional fishing tourney or a curling bonspiel.”
“Unless it was the highest scoring bonspiel ever recorded.”
“Mountain Dew" flowed freely at every bonspiel, and it was generally understood that all bigoted teetotalism was justly suspended till the ice vanished in the spring.”
“Deacon," "Cyclone," and "Skookum," invaded Vancouver to demonstrate at an inter-provincial curling bonspiel that was arranged to take place at that city.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bonspiel’.
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Curling, The Roaring Game
Terms and phrases associated with the game and sport of curling.
hack, tee, hogscore, hatch, trigger, stone, end, sweeper, broom, curling sheet, hog line, centre line and 282 more...
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O Canada
Words known to Canadians. These may not be understood by other North Americans, eh?
zamboni, poutine, touque, zed, inukshuk, noseeum, timbits, Alberta clipper, beer parlour, bonspiel, CANDU, chesterfield and 35 more...
bilby A match in the sport of curling is a bonspiel. Dec 26, 2007