| 单词 | halter-break |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalter-break halter-break v. U.S. to accustom (a horse, etc.) to a halter; to break by means of a halter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > break a horse > to the bit or to the halter moutha1533 bit1583 halter-break1837 1837 N.-Y. Mirror 28 Oct. 140/3 The moose has been frequently tamed, and unlike the common deer, can be halter-broken as easily as a horse. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xix. 350 You want to halter-break 'em when they're little and get 'em kind o' wonted to the feel of the harness. 1868 14th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1867 117 My colts are halter-broken as soon as foaled. 1883 W. H. Bishop in Harper's Mag. Oct. 725/2 They are halter-broke, and turned loose again. < as lemmas |
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