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▪ I. † ˈrangy, n. Obs. rare—1.
= range n.1 13 c.
1657C. Beck Univ. Charac. K iij, A rangy or beam between horses in a Coach.
▪ II. rangy, a. Formerly chiefly U.S.|ˈreɪndʒɪ|
Also rangey.
[f. range n. or v. + -y.]
1. Of animals:
a. Adapted for or capable of ranging; having a shape indicative of this.
1868H. Woodruff Trotting Horse xlvii. 381 The latter was a fine, rangy gelding. 1885T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips of Ranchman 21 The ponies..used for the circle riding in the morning have need rather to be strong and rangey. 1891Harper's Mag. Aug. 365/2 The former trots by on his rangy thoroughbred. 1895Century Mag. Aug. 627/2 How the dogs, like the race-horse, have grown lighter, more rangy in form, smaller, solider in bone. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxiv. 252, I counted over four score of rangy mangy looking racehounds all capable of running a kangaroo to earth. 1955Times 20 May 10/5 Some bulls—black and white beasts of the Holmogorky breed, somewhat like British Friesians, but rather bigger and rangier. 1977J. Bingham Marriage Bureau Murders iii. 30 She had been out cubbing one autumn on a great rangy beast. 1977Time 19 Sept. 61/1 The royal government provided no housing materials and no food beyond a few rangy cattle.
b. Of a long, slender form. Also of persons.
1876Rep. Vermont Board Agric. III. 215 They were..light colored, rather rangy sheep. 1886C. Scott Sheep-Farming 22 The short close-made ewe is not..as prolific a breeder, as those more rangy and of greater length. 1899G. Ade Doc' Horne 42 He was considerably over six feet tall, raw boned and rangy. 1910Daily Chron. 18 Apr. 8/3 Truxton King is a tall, raw-boned, ‘rangy’ American—notice particularly the ‘rangy’, as it seems to be his chief characteristic—though we don't quite know what it means. 1932L. C. Douglas Forgive us our Trespasses (1937) x. 197 You're rangy enough. Tall as Craig, himself. 1956C. Willock Death at Flight iv. 51 The Americans..would describe such a man as ‘rangy’. 1968J. Lock Lady Policeman viii. 76 He's tall, rangy, with skin-tight pants, long dark hair and plum-coloured lipstick. 1971Guardian 28 Aug. 9/1 A rangy 26-year old Australian who walks and talks with equal stamina. 1977Time 3 Jan. 36/3 A freewheeling, gregarious politician, the rangy (6ft. 2in.) Bergland is married to a farmer's daughter and is the father of six children. 1977J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running i. 4 Carver is tall, rangy and sturdily built, but at thirty⁓three he was out of shape.
2. Of places: Giving scope for ranging; spacious.
1880Lanier Sunrise 79 in Poems (1892), Breathe it free, By rangy marsh, in lone sea-liberty.
3. Austral. Mountainous.
1880Sutherland Tales of Goldfields 89 The most rangy and inaccessible regions of the Colonies. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms 144 The hills on the south were wild and rangy enough.
Hence ˈrangily adv., in a rangy fashion.
1976‘S. Woods’ My Life is Done 62 He was..very tall..and rangily built. |