| 单词 | goadman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoadman goadman n. [compare earlier gadsman n.] now historical and rare a person employed to drive a team of draught animals; = goadsman n. at Compounds 2.Scottish after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > driver of a team of draught animals goadman1606 goad-groom1614 teamer1696 teamster1758 team man1763 goadsman1788 teamsman1792 voorloper1837 mule skinner1870 swamper1870 tracer1899 skinner1910 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 135 And Goad-man Sangar, whose industrious hand With Oxe-teem tills his tributarie Land. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. xii. 223 The goadman or driver knows..whenever one of them does not draw equally with his fellow. c1826 J. Hogg in Wilson's Wks. (1855) I. 176 The goadman whistles sparely. 1900 Scott. Notes & Queries June 184/1 Both the ‘gaadster’ (goadman) and the ploughman..whistled merrily as they went along. 2002 A. Moffat Borders x. 315 A team of at least four oxen..or four horses was led and urged on by a goadman, the plough was directed by the ploughman holding the stilts. < as lemmas |
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