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单词 half hunter
释义

half huntern.

Brit. /ˌhɑːf ˈhʌntə/, /ˈhɑːf ˌhʌntə/, U.S. /ˌhæf ˈhən(t)ər/, /ˈhæf ˌhən(t)ər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., hunter n.
Etymology: < half adj. + hunter n.
1. A type of riding whip, apparently a smaller version of the hunter (hunter n. Additions). Obsolete.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip
wandc1400
rod?a1475
riding rod?a1549
switch1597
quirka1616
whippet1616
shambrier1667
horsewhipa1691
whip-stick1782
lash-whip1787
flogger1789
string1839
nagaika1842
whalebone1842
quirt1845
switcher1847
ash-plant1850
hunting-crop1857
dick1864
bow-whip1890
1738 Daily Gazetteer 28 July To be sold by Auction,..Crop Whips, Hunters and Half Hunters, and very neat Switches.
1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 23 As to the switch, I'll maintain it, that a whole or a half hunter would be more efficacious.
1842 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 39 53 ‘So now for breakfast,’ said the captain, cracking his half-hunter (whip), as a hint..to be expeditious.
2. A pocket watch with a hinged cover in the middle of which a small opening or window allows one to read the time. Cf. hunter n. 4.Frequently (and earliest) as a modifier, as in half hunter pocket watch, half hunter watch.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch
German watch1611
larum watch1619
clock-watch1625
minute watch1660
pendulum watch1664
watch1666
alarm watch1669
finger watch1679
string-watch1686
scout1688
balance-watch1690
hour-watch1697
warming-pan1699
minute pendulum watch1705
jewel watch1711
suit1718
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pendulum spring1728
second-watch1755
Geneva watch1756
cylinder-watch1765
watch-paper1777
ring watch1788
verge watch1792
watch lamp1823
hack1827
bull's-eye1833
vertical watch1838
quarter-repeater1840
turnip1840
hunting-watch1843
minute repeater1843
hunter1851
job watch1851
Geneva1852
watch-lining1856
touch watch1860
musical watch1864
lever1865
neep1866
verge1871
independent seconds watch1875
stem-winder1875
demi-hunter1884
fob-watch1884
three-quarter plate1884
wrist-watch1897
turnip-watch1898
sedan-chair watch1904
Rolex1922
Tank watch1923
strap watch1926
chatelaine watch1936
sedan clock1950
quartz watch1969
pulsar1970
1842 Cambr. Independent Press 23 July Had a silver ‘half-hunter watch, with a small glass about the size of a fardin’.
1857 Derby Mercury 14 Jan. 6/3 His watch was a half hunter.
1923 Daily Mail 26 June 15/7 (advt.) Gentleman's Half Hunter Pocket Watch with high-grade Swiss Lever Movement.
1927 M. S. Maugham in C. Asquith Black Cap 288 I told you that Bronson's watch and chain had been taken... It was a half-hunter.
2019 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Watches & Jewellery section) 7 She spent her winnings on a silver half hunter, a pocket watch with a glass panel in the outer casing that allows the wearer to see the hands.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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