单词 | cutting horse |
释义 | > as lemmascutting horse cutting horse n. U.S. a horse trained in separating cattle from a herd (cf. to cut out 4 at cut v. Phrasal verbs). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for herding cattle stock horse1846 cow-horse1853 cow-pony1874 cutting horse1881 cutting pony1887 1881 G. W. Romspert Western Echo 177 Each firm has particular horses trained for this business, and they are called ‘cutting horses’. 1937 Dial. Notes 6 618 A cutting horse is one especially trained to separate..a single animal from a whole herd. (I have seen one ‘cutting’ horse who could ‘cut’ a hen from a big flock of chickens.) < as lemmas |
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