| 释义 |
tifle, v. Chiefly dial.|ˈtaɪf(ə)l|
Also 8–9 tyfle.
[Origin unascertained.]
intr. Of a horse: To get a strain in the back: chiefly in tifled ppl. a.
1703Thoresby Let. to Ray s.v. (E.D.S.), A tifled horse, when broken above the loins. 1708J. C. Compl. Collier (1845) 33 Least a Horse or two Tyfle, or be out of Order by a Fall. 1828Craven Gloss., Tifled, sprained in the back. 1863Mrs. Toogood Yorksh. Dial. (MS.), The horse will never do any more work; he is tyfled in the back. |