单词 | hoden |
释义 | hodenadj. Kentish dialect. Of or pertaining to the horse with wooden head and clapping jaws featured in a masquerade which formerly took place, spec. in Kent, on Christmas Eve. ˈhodener n. a performer in this masquerade. ˈhodening n. the name of the performance; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > type of hodening1807 plough bullocking1838 plough witching1854 plough jagging1866 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [adjective] > type of hoden1807 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer > types of witch-mana1538 plough bullock1762 plough stot1817 witch-chap1827 plough bullocker1848 plough jag1852 plough jack1859 plough witcher1860 oonchook1885 janney1896 plough witcha1903 hodener1909 1807 European Mag. 51 358 This [mumming] is called, provincially, a Hodening, and the figure above described a Hoden, or Woden horse. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 77 Hoodening.., the name formerly given to a mumming or masquerade. 1891 Church Times 2 Jan. 20/1 ‘Hodening’ still goes on..at Deal and Walmer. 1909 P. Maylam Hooden Horse i. 2 Everyone springs up, saying, ‘The hoodeners have come, let us go and see the fun.’ 1909 P. Maylam Hooden Horse i. 7 A farm with more than one team would have a hooden horse to each team. 1909 P. Maylam Hooden Horse i. 9 I had intended to walk on to Deal and look for the hoodening parties there. 1966 G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xix. 193 The hobby-horses that appear in many countryside ceremonies and ritual dances, notably the Hodening Horse. 1971 Country Life 17 June 1533/1 The Hooden Horse, a mystic man-animal found only in East Kent, will be at large in Folkestone..June 19. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1807 |
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