hard meatn.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːd ˈmiːt/, U.S.

/ˌhɑrd ˈmit/

Forms: see hard adj. and n. and meat n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adj., meat n.

Etymology: < hard adj. + meat n.

1. Grain or hay used as fodder for animals, as opposed to grass. Cf. hard adj. 1f. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > hay or straw

hayc825

strawc1000

pease-strawa1325

bean-strawc1386

hard meat1481

quitch?1523

meadow1557

pease-bolt1573

salt hay1648

stover1669

barley-straw1678

marsh hay1728

pea straw1735

chaff1772

long forage1794

bog-hay1799

bhusa1829

peavine hay1846

tibbin1900

slough hay1934

1481 E. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 641 I had my horsse wyth hym at lyvery..I payed fore hard mete euer to hym.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxix A cowe shall gyue more mylke with a lytell grasse and strawe..than she shall do with hay and strawe... For the harde meate drieth vp the mylke.

1587 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 452/2 That na persoun..keip..ony horsis at hard meit efter the first of Junii.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 77 If there fall a good thicke-snowe and frosts with it..it will make them fall to theire hardmeate most sharpely and keenely.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxix. 379 Springs or standing ponds of water, which are as necessary to make Cattel thrive as the grass they bite or the hard meat they chew.

1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 85 To suffer Horses to lie at Hard-meat..for Weeks.

1798 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses II. ii. 107 Any grass given with corn, must necessarily lessen the hold of the hard meat upon the body of the horse.

1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock II. iii. 61 The mares were put to hard meat, and worked.

1864 E. Mayhew Illustr. Horse Managem. v. 193 There are plenty of reasons why grooms should cling to ‘hard meat’; and why this class of servants should object to prepared fodder.

1904 Live Stock Jrnl. 13 May 544/3 Young horses..will certainly grow and improve more on hard meat than on grass.

†2. at (also to) hard meat: in close confinement; under strict restraint. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adverb]

straitc1330

covertly1430

straitly1487

at (also to) hard meat1542

close1562

closely1597

1542 T. Becon in M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Golden Bk. Christen Matrimonye Pref. sig. A.vii^v Therfore must ther sely poore wyues..be kept for holy dayes, teyed vp at harde meat, only beare the name of a wyfe.

?1587 J. Deacon Treat. Nobody is my Name sig. B If we chapmen had beene but so wise amongst our selues as to haue mette together in the morning before the fayre, & then..had so held men at hardmeate a while till towards the end of the fayre: wee might haplie haue [etc.].

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v Dreame..that I am close at harde meate at Windsore or at Hampton court.

1642 R. Baker tr. V. Malvezzi Disc. upon Tacitus 459 They meant to hold Augustus (as the saying is) to hard meat, and make him grant what they demanded.

1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. ii. 65 I was just considering how to patch up my Account with Mr. Alderman—Indeed he tyes me to hard meat—I cannot take a Rat, but he makes me account to him, for half-profits.

1725 J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 36 I hear nothing of our friend Gay, but I find the Court keeps him at hard meat.

1749 Virtue in Distress 2 If they should happen to fail..and they are tied up, as we say, to hard Meat, their only Remedy is, either to protract the Time of Execution..or to throw a Dust in the People's Eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hard meat
释义	hard meatn. Brit. /ˌhɑːd ˈmiːt/, U.S. /ˌhɑrd ˈmit/ Forms: see hard adj. and n. and meat n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hard adj., meat n. Etymology: < hard adj. + meat n. 1. Grain or hay used as fodder for animals, as opposed to grass. Cf. hard adj. 1f. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > hay or straw hayc825 strawc1000 pease-strawa1325 bean-strawc1386 hard meat1481 quitch?1523 meadow1557 pease-bolt1573 salt hay1648 stover1669 barley-straw1678 marsh hay1728 pea straw1735 chaff1772 long forage1794 bog-hay1799 bhusa1829 peavine hay1846 tibbin1900 slough hay1934 1481 E. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 641 I had my horsse wyth hym at lyvery..I payed fore hard mete euer to hym. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxix A cowe shall gyue more mylke with a lytell grasse and strawe..than she shall do with hay and strawe... For the harde meate drieth vp the mylke. 1587 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 452/2 That na persoun..keip..ony horsis at hard meit efter the first of Junii. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 77 If there fall a good thicke-snowe and frosts with it..it will make them fall to theire hardmeate most sharpely and keenely. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxix. 379 Springs or standing ponds of water, which are as necessary to make Cattel thrive as the grass they bite or the hard meat they chew. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. iv. 85 To suffer Horses to lie at Hard-meat..for Weeks. 1798 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses II. ii. 107 Any grass given with corn, must necessarily lessen the hold of the hard meat upon the body of the horse. 1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock II. iii. 61 The mares were put to hard meat, and worked. 1864 E. Mayhew Illustr. Horse Managem. v. 193 There are plenty of reasons why grooms should cling to ‘hard meat’; and why this class of servants should object to prepared fodder. 1904 Live Stock Jrnl. 13 May 544/3 Young horses..will certainly grow and improve more on hard meat than on grass. †2. at (also to) hard meat: in close confinement; under strict restraint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adverb] straitc1330 covertly1430 straitly1487 at (also to) hard meat1542 close1562 closely1597 1542 T. Becon in M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Golden Bk. Christen Matrimonye Pref. sig. A.vii^v Therfore must ther sely poore wyues..be kept for holy dayes, teyed vp at harde meat, only beare the name of a wyfe. ?1587 J. Deacon Treat. Nobody is my Name sig. B If we chapmen had beene but so wise amongst our selues as to haue mette together in the morning before the fayre, & then..had so held men at hardmeate a while till towards the end of the fayre: wee might haplie haue [etc.]. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v Dreame..that I am close at harde meate at Windsore or at Hampton court. 1642 R. Baker tr. V. Malvezzi Disc. upon Tacitus 459 They meant to hold Augustus (as the saying is) to hard meat, and make him grant what they demanded. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. ii. 65 I was just considering how to patch up my Account with Mr. Alderman—Indeed he tyes me to hard meat—I cannot take a Rat, but he makes me account to him, for half-profits. 1725 J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 36 I hear nothing of our friend Gay, but I find the Court keeps him at hard meat. 1749 Virtue in Distress 2 If they should happen to fail..and they are tied up, as we say, to hard Meat, their only Remedy is, either to protract the Time of Execution..or to throw a Dust in the People's Eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1481
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