clerb

Noun

club (plural clubs)

1. (countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
   • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
   1. (countable) An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
   2. (countable, rhythmic gymnastics) An item used during routines, the apparatus consisting of a set of two clubs.
2. (countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a...1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
   1. (archaic, countable) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
      • He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.1783, Benjamin Franklin
3. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
   • They laid down the Club.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

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