单词 | hock-cart |
释义 | hock-cartn. Obsolete exc. Historical. The cart or wagon which carried home the last load of the harvest. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > carrying last load of harvest hock-cart1648 hockey cart1731 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. B I sing of May-poles, Hock-carts, Wassails, Wakes, Of Bride-grooms, Brides, and of their Bridall-cakes. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Iv The Harvest Swaines, and Wenches bound For joy, to see the Hock-cart crown'd. 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 175 How the Hock-Cart with all its gear Should be trick'd up. 1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 377/1 The grain last cut was brought home in its wagon called the Hock-Cart surmounted by a figure formed of a sheaf with gay dressings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1648 |
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