drag-chainn.

/ˈdraɡtʃeɪn/

1. A chain used to retard the motion of a vehicle; esp. ‘a strong chain, with a large hook to hitch on the hind wheel, and keep it from turning when descending a hill’ (Felton Carriages, 1801).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > chain or rope to retard motion

drag-chain1791

tail-rope1838

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1754 I. 148 [On a visit to Oxford] he cried out ‘Sufflamina’..as much as to say, ‘Put on your drag-chain’.

1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 188 On arriving at the top of a steep hill, the carter takes off all his trace horses, and hooks them to the drag chain behind.

figurative.1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 195 The minister whose melancholy duty it is to act as a drag-chain upon the progress of liberal ideas.1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. viii. 313 To take from my wheels the drag-chain of disreputable debt.1865 G. Grote Plato I. Pref. p. ix The perpetual drag-chain..upon free speculation.

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2. The strong chain by which railway wagons, etc. are coupled: see drag n. Compounds 1, Compounds 2.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	drag-chain
释义	drag-chainn. /ˈdraɡtʃeɪn/ 1. A chain used to retard the motion of a vehicle; esp. ‘a strong chain, with a large hook to hitch on the hind wheel, and keep it from turning when descending a hill’ (Felton Carriages, 1801). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > chain or rope to retard motion drag-chain1791 tail-rope1838 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1754 I. 148 [On a visit to Oxford] he cried out ‘Sufflamina’..as much as to say, ‘Put on your drag-chain’. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 188 On arriving at the top of a steep hill, the carter takes off all his trace horses, and hooks them to the drag chain behind. figurative.1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 195 The minister whose melancholy duty it is to act as a drag-chain upon the progress of liberal ideas.1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. viii. 313 To take from my wheels the drag-chain of disreputable debt.1865 G. Grote Plato I. Pref. p. ix The perpetual drag-chain..upon free speculation. Categories » 2. The strong chain by which railway wagons, etc. are coupled: see drag n. Compounds 1, Compounds 2. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2018). > as lemmas drag-chain drag-chain n. see drag-bar n. extracted from dragn. < n.1791 as lemmas
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