| 释义 |
hounce East dial.|haʊns|
[Origin obscure.
(It has been conjectured to be a nasalized form of Fr. housse (see house n.2, but this does not give the sense.)]
An ornament on the collar of a horse.
1565Golding Ovid's Met. ii. 16 b, The chrysolites and gemmes That stood upon the collars, trace, and hounces in their hemmes. 1674–91Ray S. & E.C. Words (E.D.S.), Hounces, that part of the furniture of a cart-horse, which lies spread upon his collar. Ess. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Hounce, the ornament of red and yellow worsted spread over the collars of horses in a team. 1840Spurdens Suppl. Forby (E.D.S.), Houncings, housings; phaleræ. |