单词 | nagsman |
释义 | nagsmann. A skilled horseman who is employed to train or show horses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training > horse-breaker or -trainer horse-master?1523 horse-tamer1530 horse-breaker1550 rider1556 pacer1616 hippodame1623 rough-rider1729 whisperer1810 hippodamist1841 horse whisperer1843 horse-gentler1889 horse-trainer1889 buster1891 nagsman1891 1891 W. A. Kerr Pract. Horsemanship x. 171 The nagsman who will ride him up and down the yard is pretty certain to be an artist in the saddle, one who, as he gets ‘the office’, rides either to sell or to buy. 1903 F. M. Ware First-hand Bits of Stable Lore viii. 107 A ‘nagsman’ handling a green and raw horse may seem..to be rough in his treatment. 1955 H. Smith Horseman through Six Reigns xxi. 203 If the rider's body is still..it is generally a sign that the horse is a good ride, though an expert showman or nagsman can cover up a lot. 1987 Dressage Rev. Spring 50/2 I earned my living as a nagsman, really... I used to take any horse, with any sort of problem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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