单词 | horse-lock |
释义 | † horse-lockn. Obsolete. A shackle for a horse's feet = fetlock n. 2; hence, apparently any hanging lock, a padlock. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > padlock hanging lock1424 padlock1438 horse-lock1486 pad1573 hang-lock1587 1486 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 255 For a horse lok..vjd. 1530 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 145 Payd for a horse locke to ye cherche yatte, viijd. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15v Strong fetters & shackles, with horslock & pad. 1623 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill iii. i Horse-locks nor chains shall hold her from me. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1569/4 A little..Nag..a Horse-lock on his near foot before. 1736 in New Jersey Archives (1894) XI. 483 He [one escaped from prison] had a Horse-Lock on one of his Legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1486 |
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