horse-littern.

Forms: see horse n. and litter n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., litter n.

Etymology: < horse n. + litter n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-ˌlitter.

a. A litter hung on poles, carried between two horses, one in front and the other behind.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > carried on horses or mules

horse-bierc900

horse-litter1388

lettiga1805

mule litter1855

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Macc. iii. 27 Putte in a pakke sadil [gloss] ether hors litir.

c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camden) 46 He was brought in a horsliter to Westmynstre.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxix. 650 Scarce able to endure the shogging and shaking of the horselitter, for pain and greefe of his wounds.

1775 R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain 49 Chairs and horse-litters are used here in bad weather.

1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xvi. 52 The King, now weak and sick, followed in a horse-litter.

b. Sometimes on wheels, esp. as a funeral car.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > litter on wheels

horse-litter1591

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Carro con andas A horslitter, rheda.

1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 479 Then the wain or hors-litter on four wheeles.

a. A bed of straw or hay for horses to rest upon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > stabling > bed

horse-litter1624

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iv. vii. 146 Olde monuments and bookes, made horse-litter, or burned like straw.

b. The manure consisting of such straw mixed with the excrements of horses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > dunging > dung

dungOE

muckc1268

dunging?1440

fimea1475

fulyiec1480

tath1492

soil1607

street soil1607

dung-water1608

soiling1610

mucking1611

short dung, manure, muck1618

folding1626

muck water1626

stable manure1629

long dung1658

spit-dunga1671

stercoration1694

street dirt1694

horse-litter1721

pot-dunga1722

sock1790

street manure1793

police manure1825

fold-manure1829

slurry1965

1721 R. Bradley Virtue Coffee 33 A bed prepared with horse-litter.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 20 It must be cover'd, the Top and Sides with Horse-litter to lie upon it undisturb'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	horse-litter
释义	horse-littern. Forms: see horse n. and litter n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., litter n. Etymology: < horse n. + litter n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-ˌlitter. 1. a. A litter hung on poles, carried between two horses, one in front and the other behind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > carried on horses or mules horse-bierc900 horse-litter1388 lettiga1805 mule litter1855 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Macc. iii. 27 Putte in a pakke sadil [gloss] ether hors litir. c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camden) 46 He was brought in a horsliter to Westmynstre. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. xxix. 650 Scarce able to endure the shogging and shaking of the horselitter, for pain and greefe of his wounds. 1775 R. Twiss Trav. Portugal & Spain 49 Chairs and horse-litters are used here in bad weather. 1853 C. Dickens Child's Hist. Eng. II. xvi. 52 The King, now weak and sick, followed in a horse-litter. b. Sometimes on wheels, esp. as a funeral car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > litter on wheels horse-litter1591 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Carro con andas A horslitter, rheda. 1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 479 Then the wain or hors-litter on four wheeles. 2. a. A bed of straw or hay for horses to rest upon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > stabling > bed horse-litter1624 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iv. vii. 146 Olde monuments and bookes, made horse-litter, or burned like straw. b. The manure consisting of such straw mixed with the excrements of horses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > dunging > dung dungOE muckc1268 dunging?1440 fimea1475 fulyiec1480 tath1492 soil1607 street soil1607 dung-water1608 soiling1610 mucking1611 short dung, manure, muck1618 folding1626 muck water1626 stable manure1629 long dung1658 spit-dunga1671 stercoration1694 street dirt1694 horse-litter1721 pot-dunga1722 sock1790 street manure1793 police manure1825 fold-manure1829 slurry1965 1721 R. Bradley Virtue Coffee 33 A bed prepared with horse-litter. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 20 It must be cover'd, the Top and Sides with Horse-litter to lie upon it undisturb'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1388
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