horse-milln.

Forms: see horse n. and mill n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., mill n.¹

Etymology: < horse n. + mill n.¹Compare German Rossmühle (15th cent. as rosmul, roszmol). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-mill.

a. A mill driven by a horse; usually, by one walking in a circle or in a wheel.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > horse- or walk-mill

horse-mill1530

wheel1623

apple mill1654

walk mill1773

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 232/2 Horse myll, movlin a cheual.

1559 in Boys Sandwich (1792) 738 The water must be conveyed awaye with horse mylnes.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Capstern Like the machinery of a horse-mill.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxii. 74 Ten water-mills, eighteen windmills, and two horse-mills.

1848 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. xxi. 269 The flour consumed by Captain Sutter is ground by a very ordinary horse-mill.

1889 Cent. Mag. Feb. 520/2 A horse-mill—a long pole on which a man sits, and to which a horse or mule is hitched.

1971 Country Life 30 Sept. 848/1 Some of these groups of stone-built barns, byres and arcaded cartsheds, relieved on occasion by a circular horse-mill, [etc.].

b. figurative. A monotonous round.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > steady, continuous, or dull > situation or cause of

horse-mill1621

wheel1623

treadmill1822

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xi. 149 Desire hath no rest, and is infinite in it selfe, endlesse, and as one cals it, a perpetuall racke, or horse mill..still going round as in a ring.

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

单词	horse-mill
释义	horse-milln. Forms: see horse n. and mill n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., mill n.¹ Etymology: < horse n. + mill n.¹Compare German Rossmühle (15th cent. as rosmul, roszmol). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-mill. a. A mill driven by a horse; usually, by one walking in a circle or in a wheel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > horse- or walk-mill horse-mill1530 wheel1623 apple mill1654 walk mill1773 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 232/2 Horse myll, movlin a cheual. 1559 in Boys Sandwich (1792) 738 The water must be conveyed awaye with horse mylnes. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Capstern Like the machinery of a horse-mill. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxii. 74 Ten water-mills, eighteen windmills, and two horse-mills. 1848 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. xxi. 269 The flour consumed by Captain Sutter is ground by a very ordinary horse-mill. 1889 Cent. Mag. Feb. 520/2 A horse-mill—a long pole on which a man sits, and to which a horse or mule is hitched. 1971 Country Life 30 Sept. 848/1 Some of these groups of stone-built barns, byres and arcaded cartsheds, relieved on occasion by a circular horse-mill, [etc.]. b. figurative. A monotonous round. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > steady, continuous, or dull > situation or cause of horse-mill1621 wheel1623 treadmill1822 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xi. 149 Desire hath no rest, and is infinite in it selfe, endlesse, and as one cals it, a perpetuall racke, or horse mill..still going round as in a ring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1530
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