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单词 horseload
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horseloadn.

Forms: see horse n. and load n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., load n.
Etymology: < horse n. + load n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-load.
a. A load for a horse; sometimes, a determinate weight: cf. load n.
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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.
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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 lemmas

horse-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.
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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.
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