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ˈhorse-gear
1. Harness or trappings for horses.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. vii. (1662) 60 Roaps for the horse-gears to pull by. 1894H. Speight Nidderdale 384 Bits..and other metal work required for horse-gear. 1941Proc. Prehist. Soc. VII. 130 The bulk of the hoard is Celtic horse-gear. 1960G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow xvii. 220 An unorthodox use of a piece of horse-gear..should be recorded.
2. A mechanism by which horse-power is applied to drive machinery.
a1899Mod. Manufacturer's Catal., Very Powerful two-horse Gear, with covered Driving Wheel and poles and fittings for two horses. Light One Horse Gear, 33 in. Driving Wheel, speed 61/3 to one. 1904Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 291/1 Horse gear, the device used for yoking horses to machinery. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 119/2 Horse gear, a device for producing mechanical power by means of a lever attached to gears, which is operated by..[a] horse walking in a circle. |