单词 | horseload |
释义 | horseloadn. a. A load for a horse; sometimes, a determinate weight: cf. load n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > load as unit of weight > a horse-load seam1318 horseloadc1350 c1350 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 358 Tonnes and barelles þt comeþ in carte, sholde custome a peny; an horselode an halpeny. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiv. 153 cccm hors lade of corne and als many of ryess. 1483 Cath. Angl. 189/2 An Horse lade, clitella. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Somme ou charge de charbon, a horse lode of coles. 1641 J. Vicars Jehovah-Jireh 160 His Souldiers took horse~loads of Provision, Bisket, Meal and other necessaries. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder i. 7 Some [lead] Oare.. yeilding Thirty six shillings..a Horse load (which is nine dishes, as they compute weighing about Four hundred and Fifty pound). 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 997 A Horse-load of Corn was sold for Ten Shillings. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 71 If a Porpesse should be too big for a horse-load, allowance should be made to the purveyor. b. loosely or figuratively. A large load or quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount felec825 muchc1230 good wone1297 plentyc1300 bushelc1374 sight1390 mickle-whata1393 forcea1400 manynessa1400 multitudea1400 packc1400 a good dealc1430 greata1450 sackful1484 power1489 horseloadc1500 mile1508 lump1523 a deal?1532 peckc1535 heapa1547 mass1566 mass1569 gallon1575 armful1579 cart-load1587 mickle1599 bushelful1600–12 a load1609 wreck1612 parisha1616 herd1618 fair share1650 heapa1661 muchness1674 reams1681 hantle1693 mort1694 doll?1719 lift1755 acre1759 beaucoup1760 ton1770 boxload1795 boatload1807 lot1811 dollop1819 swag1819 faggald1824 screed1826 Niagara1828 wad1828 lashings1829 butt1831 slew1839 ocean1840 any amount (of)1848 rake1851 slather1857 horde1860 torrent1864 sheaf1865 oodlesa1867 dead load1869 scad1869 stack1870 jorum1872 a heap sight1874 firlot1883 oodlings1886 chunka1889 whips1888 God's quantity1895 streetful1901 bag1917 fid1920 fleetful1923 mob1927 bucketload1930 pisspot1944 shitload1954 megaton1957 mob-o-ton1975 gazillion1978 buttload1988 shit ton1991 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > conveyance by pack-animals > load carried by animal seamc950 horse-chargec1350 soum1397 saddlecharge?a1500 horseloadc1500 summagec1500 fare1599 c1500 How Plowman lerned Pater Noster 116 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 213 They thought to longe that they abode, Yet eche of them had an hors-lode. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 41 They have..laid ye down their hors load of citations and fathers at your dore. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 9 A Horse-load of diseases. 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) I. v. 75 Toiling through the difficult woods, each with a horseload of iron armor to burden his footsteps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmashorse-load a. That which is laid upon a person, beast, or vehicle to be carried; a burden. Also, the amount which usually is or can be carried; e.g. cart-load, horse-load, wagon-load. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load ladec897 seamc950 lastOE burdena1000 charge?c1225 load?c1225 burnc1375 draughta1400 summerc1400 portage1445 pauchlea1450 fraughtc1450 freightc1503 loadinga1513 carriage1597 ballast1620 cargo1657 porterage1666 freightage1823 smalls1846 journey1859 send-off1909 payload1914 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > a load back-burden?c1225 load?c1225 carriagea1398 birth1497 freight1618 porterage1666 headload1795 backload1823 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity load?c1225 tod1530 carriage1597 turn1792 burn1855 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart > load carried by cart fotherOE cart-load?c1225 jag1597 court-load1703 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 195 Ȝef an miracle nere..ha hefde iturpled wið him baðe hors & lade dun into helle grunde. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 187/80 He let nime platus of Ire..wel neiȝ ane cartes lode. a1300 Havelok 895 A carte lode Of segges, laxes, of playces brode, Of grete laumprees, and of eles. 1483 Cath. Angl. 206 A layde, a burdyn. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 467 Thai kest thair ladis [1489 Adv. ladys] doun in hy. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 642 My laid war I laith to lois. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 77 Sindrie carears, baith of horse and laiddis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 64 Æneas bare a liuing loade; Nothing so heauy as these woes of mine. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 113 By strapping the load round the shoulders of the person, who is to bear it. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 38 Where some halt to rest from heavy loads. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 99 In January, 1881, 11 car~loads from the mine yielded $190. < n.c1350 as lemmas |
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