单词 | galvayne |
释义 | Galvaynen. Used attributively to designate a method or devices for breaking in a horse. Also Galvayne's mark (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > relating to horse-breaking Rarey1858 Galvayne1908 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > types of training equipment Rarey1858 Galvayne1908 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 43 At ten years ‘Galvayne's mark’, a depression on the outer side of the upper corner incisor, appears. Derivatives Galvayne v. transitive to break in (a horse) by Galvayne's method. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > break a horse > by specific method lunge1806 kinch1808 ring1814 Rarey1859 Rareyfy1892 Galvayne1905 1905 S. Galvayne 20th Cent. Bk. Horse 29 Once you have got the horse properly ‘Galvayned’, watch it carefully for a little while before proceeding further. 1905 S. Galvayne 20th Cent. Bk. Horse 32 If the animal be ‘Galvayned’ on the ‘near’ side, the trainer must work on the ‘off’. Galˈvayning n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training > by means of S. Galvayne's method Galvayning1905 1905 S. Galvayne 20th Cent. Bk. Horse 23 ‘Galvayning’ is really a scientific utilization of the animal's strength against itself... The ‘Galvayne’ position is attained by tying the animal's head round with the halter-shank, or the ‘Galvayne’ strap, to its tail. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 725/1 Galvayning is accomplished by bending the horse's neck round at an angle of thirty-five to forty degrees and tieing the halter to the tail. 1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair i. v. 31 Well I always suspected rareying with Daffodil—though, mind you, it may have been galvayning all the same. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1905 |
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