| 单词 | paint horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaint horse 7. Chiefly U.S. In full paint horse. A piebald horse (see pinto n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > piebald piebald1722 piet1756 paint1845 pinto1860 1845 Amer. Rev. Nov. 511/2 Most of them rode what are called ‘paint horses’; that is, the mustang, spotted with all the deeper colors on a milk-white ground. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) In some of the Southern States, a horse or other animal which is spotted, is called a paint. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny vi. 96 Sam Kildrake's old paint hoss that killed hisself over-drinkin' on a hot day. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 18 June 15/4 The Appaloosa somewhat resembles the paints, pintos and calicos, so popular with the plains Indians. 1995 Canad. Horseman Mar. 23/2 Paint horses are technically pintos... Paints have their own breed registry and their own show circuit. < as lemmas |
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