单词 | currack |
释义 | currackcurrockn. Scottish. plural. A pair of open wooden or wicker frames slung pannier-wise on each side of a horse, for carrying a load of corn, hay, or other bulky stuff. Cf. crooks: crook n. 9. ΚΠ 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 395 The fuel was carried in creels and the corns in curracks. 1794 W. Anderson Piper of Peebles 5 Coops an' carts were unco rare, An' Creels and Corrocks boot to sair [i.e. behoved to serve]. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith 443 A load of plants slung over the horse's back in the ‘Currach’ style. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 479 Panniers or currochs were laid across the pony's back. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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