单词 | langle |
释义 | langlen. Obsolete exc. dialect. A thong, rope, or other contrivance used to confine the legs of an animal in order to prevent its straying; a hobble. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > hobble or fetter cubbelc1230 pastern1284 lock1384 langle1394 spannel1398 warlockc1440 curb1477 hough-band1568 foot widdy1569 curble1598 spancel1610 hopple1641 twitchel1689 collaring1692 hobble1744 sideline1803 hog-tie1902 pigging-string1924 1394–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 599 In 3 Tethirs cum paribus de langalds, 22d. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xiv. 1150 Þis [sc. an oxeherde] fedeþ and norissheþ oxen..and byndeþ here feet wiþ longhaldes [1495 de Worde with a langhaldes]. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 137 Certaine langols or withs, which the Africans put upon their horses feete. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1797) 95 Ye ha'e ay a foot out o' the langle. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) A ‘sheep's langle’ is a short piece of any kind of rope, with a slip knot at each end. The loops are passed over the fore and hind leg of a sheep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). langlev. Obsolete exc. dialect. transitive. To fasten with a thong; to confine (the legs of an animal) with a thong, rope, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > hobble warlocka1400 langlec1440 hopple1586 impester1601 trammel1607 wisp1607 spancel1610 side-hankle1627 sidelanga1642 sidelangle1660 side-span1660 hamshackle1802 hobble1804 twitchel1826 sideline1837 span1847 heel1887 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 286/2 Langelyn or byynd to-geder, colligo (P. compedio). 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rom. vii. 24) This carcase of sin to which I am tied and lungold [sic]. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. iv. 12) 50 He was langold to it, and must abide by it. 1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 25 That your sma banes wou'd langel sair. 1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) Gloss. Key, Langel, entangle. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Langle, to tie the hind foot and the fore foot of an animal together, to prevent it straying far. Derivatives langled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > fastened with thongs thonged?c1225 langledc1440 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > tying > tied > to something langled1790 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 286/2 Langelyd, or teyyn to-gedyr, colligatus. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Langled, having the legs coupled together at a small distance, North. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1394v.c1440 |
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