单词 | cover-hack |
释义 | > as lemmascover-hack cover-hack n. a horse for riding to the ‘meet’, or to the cover, where he is exchanged for the hunter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in hunting > in particular aspects of stalking-horse1519 cover-hack1788 second horse1827 1788 Morning Post 24 Oct. (advt.) Amongst them is a brown gelding six years old, which has been used as a cover hack. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 228 Six hunters and two cover-hacks. 1859 J. S. Rarey Art of taming Horses (new ed.) viii. 132 A cover or country hack must be fast, but need not be so showy in action or handsome as a town hack. < as lemmas |
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