单词 | garrocha |
释义 | garrochan. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > goad goadeOE prickleOE yardc1000 prickc1225 gad1289 gorea1325 brodc1375 brodyke1471 pricker?a1475 gad-wand1487 gadstaff1568 stimule1583 goad prick1609 ankus1768 goad stick1773 sjambok1790 driving stick1800 prod1828 sting1842 quirt1845 garrocha1846 gad-stick1866 romal1904 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxii. 301 The bull..well remembers this garrocha, or goad, by which herdsmen enforce discipline. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator ix. 136 Each [picador] was armed with a garrocha, or spear, the blade of which..is only about an inch long, as the picadores are not allowed to kill the bull, but merely to irritate and goad him. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 790 As the bull attacks the horse, the picador, who is armed with a short-pointed, stout pike (garrocha), thrusts this into the bull's back with all his force. 1957 R. Campbell Portugal 110 The mounted campinos and grazers are skilled in the use of the garrocha or cattle-spear. 1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado vii. 215 Mounted men pursue the calves in order to upset them with the blunt pole, or garrocha, which they carry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1846 |
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