| 单词 | hitching-post |
| 释义 | > as lemmashitching-post hitching n. (also attributive as in hitching-bar, hitching-clamp, hitching-post, hitching-strap, hitching-weight, i.e. one used in tethering a horse). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking hitchingc1440 twitching1478 yarking?1561 flirting1593 flouncing1601 jerking1851 pecking1890 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > a turn of rope round anything hitchingc1440 round turn1794 lingtow1815 belay1908 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether > hitching post or rail range1688 tether-stake1725 tether-sticka1800 hitching-post1842 picket-pin1844 tie-post1861 tether-stone1884 tie rail1920 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether tether1376 sealc1440 solec1440 picket line1768 head rope1810 leg rope1826 trail-rope1826 lariat1835 riata1846 mecate1849 hitching-weight1852 tie-strap1875 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > hitch-hiking autostop1938 hitch-hiking1959 hitching1963 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 239/2 Hytchinge, or remevynge [v.r. hichynge, hyhchynge], amocio, remocio. 1678 J. Bunyan Welcome to Jesus in Pilgrim's Progress (Virtue) 379 The desire of his mind is not to be judged by the slow pace of the dull beast he rides, as by his hitching, kicking, and spurring. 1842 J. L. Scott Jrnl. Missionary Tour Pennsylvania (1843) vi. 68 When at the door they alighted, and he rode off to the ‘hitching post’. 1852 C. A. Bristed Upper Ten Thousand 67 [He] pulled a hitching-strap from under the seat, and fastened his off-horse very neatly to a lamp-post. 1871 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 84 All the hitchin'-posts was full clean up to the tavern. 1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 96/2 Every available hitching-post [for horses] in sight was taken. 1884 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xviii. 336 He got the hitching-weight from under the buggy seat and made it fast to the mare's bit. 1920 J. Gregory Man to Man ix. 103 A dozen saddle-horses were tied at the hitching-rail. 1926 J. Black You can't Win ix. 108 I..limped outside where I had an old ‘swift’ tied to a hitching rack. 1963 Guardian 4 Feb. 6/3 At weekends hitching..is widely practised. 1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) xviii. 216 ‘Oh, Gargoyle, darling,’ she said, sitting down on an old hitching block at the edge of the Rosedale pavement, ‘isn't it too gorgeous?’ < as lemmas |
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