The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Hose – Holland

Hose

The hose or socket is that part of the head of an iron club into which the shaft is fitted.

Haunches

The fleshy part of a horse's back at the junction of body and hips.

Hip

The top joint of the hind-leg, at the junction with the pelvis.

Hock

The backward-bending joint on the hind-legs, formed by the junction of the shank, or cannon bone, and the bone of the upper leg, or tibia.

Hand-traverse

- Traversing by means of handholds only.

Hitch.-[See BELAY.]

Hogsback

A long, narrow ridge.

Hot plate. A surface of rock, exposed by the breaking away of a glacier.

Half-outrigged

- A boat in which the outriggers (q.v.) are considerably short of their usual length.

Handle.-[See OAR.]

Hang

A momentary hesitation after the forward swing is completed and before dropping the blade into the water.

Hoick

A jerk with the arms at the beginning or end of the stroke, which prevents a steady leg drive from the stretcher.

Hold

To stop the progress of the boat by dropping the oar blades flat into the water and opposing the resistance of the shank of the oar.

Hurry

To swing the body forward more rapidly than the stroke oar, and to get the blade into the water before him.

Holland

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