单词 | hamshackle |
释义 | hamshacklev. transitive. To shackle (a horse or cow) by a rope or strap connecting the head with one of the forelegs; hence figurative to fetter, curb, restrain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > hobble warlocka1400 langlec1440 hopple1586 impester1601 trammel1607 wisp1607 spancel1610 side-hankle1627 sidelanga1642 sidelangle1660 side-span1660 hamshackle1802 hobble1804 twitchel1826 sideline1837 span1847 heel1887 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. (Jam.) Hamschakel, to fasten the head of a horse or cow to one of its fore legs, to prevent its wandering too far in an open wild. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Hamshackle, to fasten the head of an animal to one of its forelegs. Vicious cows and oxen are often so tied, especially when driven to slaughter. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1802 |
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