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单词 horse-lock
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horse-lockn.

Forms: see horse n. and lock n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., lock n.2
Etymology: < horse n. + lock n.2
Obsolete.
A shackle for a horse's feet = fetlock n. 2; hence, apparently any hanging lock, a padlock.
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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.
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