| 单词 | coal horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal horse coal horse n. a horse used to pull a coal wagon; cf. pit-horse n. at pit n.1 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon > used in specific professions coal horse1384 beer-horse1560 malt-horse1561 malt mare1594 higgler1707 stead-horse1708 pit pony1876 tip-horse1912 1384–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 594 In 4 panell' empt. pro le Coilhors, 3s. 1644 Edinb. Test. LXI. f. 2, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Cole Tua coilhors, quhairof one blind, givine to the coilman. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 132 Waggons, and coal-horses. 1893 W. J. Gordon Horse-World of London x. 129 The coal horse..moves about thirty tons a week. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxix. 253 The skeletal Clydesdale had once been Benny Rooney's coalhorse. < as lemmas |
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