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单词 pad-nag
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pad-nagn.

Brit. /ˈpadnaɡ/, U.S. /ˈpædˌnæɡ/
Forms: see pad n.3 and nag n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pad n.3, nag n.1
Etymology: < pad n.3 + nag n.1
Now poetic and rare.
A horse with a naturally easy pace for everyday riding, esp. by women. Cf. pad n.3
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble > that ambles
hobbyc1400
amblerc1405
hobby-horse1598
pad-horse1626
pad-nag1654
pad mare1701
pad1832
1654 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) II. 220 A sober..well-paced english padde nagge.
1685 W. Pope Old Mans Wish With a spacious Plain without Hedge or Stile, And an easie Pad Nag to ride out a Mile.
1717 C. Cibber Nonjuror i. 1 I was about buying a pad-nag for your sister.
1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 12 To buy a pad-nag for a lady.
a1804 J. Tobin School for Authors (1808) I. i. 9 They say you'll find Pegasus a friskier jade than your old pad nag.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 172 To procure an easy pad nag for his wife.
1990 P. Scupham Watching Perseids 39 Your pad-nags turn their simple heads for home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pad-nagv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pad-nag n.
Etymology: < pad-nag n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive with it. To ride on a pad-nag.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride with an easy pace
amblec1405
pad-nag1748
shack1833
tripple1899
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlii. 217 Will it not..give him pretence and excuse oftener than ever to pad-nag it hither?

Derivatives

padnagging adj. Obsolete that rides pad-nags; (in quot. 1836 in extended use) ill-equipped.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > riding at an easy pace
padnagging1836
1836 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 107 The green sub. of some padnagging regiment had walked off with my portmanteau instead of his own.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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