| 单词 | gold-riding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgold-riding gold-riding n. the custom of searching fields for corn marigolds, a fine being imposed on the farmer for each plant found. ΚΠ 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIII. 537 An old custom takes place in this parish [Cargill], called Gool-riding..Certain persons stiled gool-riders, were appointed to ride through the fields, search for gool, and [etc.]. 1826 Let. Mar. in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1830) II. 466/2 Dr. Hibbert considers it to have the same meaning as the gool-riding in Scotland, established for the purpose of exterminating weed from corn. 1900 J. Murray Life in Scotl. 100 Years Ago 54 Again, in a parish in Perthshire, the old custom of gool-riding was regularly observed. 1975 D. B. Lloyd Middletons S. Maryland 338 A peculiar practice called ‘gool riding’.., a massive demonstration designed to extirpate a certain yellow flower weed called ‘gool’ or ‘corn marigold’, a parasite of field corn [sc. in Lancashire]. < as lemmas |
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