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单词 pair-horsed
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pair-horsedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɛːhɔːst/, U.S. /ˈpɛrˌ(h)ɔrst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pair n.1, horsed adj., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < pair n.1 + horsed adj. + -ed suffix2, probably as alteration of pair-horse adj. Compare earlier four-horsed adj. at four adj. and n. Compounds 2, and also pair-oared adj.
British. Now rare.
Drawn by a pair of horses.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [adjective] > drawn by horse > by specific number or arrangement of
four-horseda1382
one-horse1734
four-horse1762
single-horse1764
two-horse1798
pair-horse1829
pair-horsed1896
1896 Scottish Rev. 28 14 The visitor is driven to hire a pair-horsed carriage if he wants to transport himself and his baggage to those parts.
1905 Daily Chron. 22 May 6/3 The costly motor-cars of the humble workmen and the pair-horsed carriages of the lordly labourers.
1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. iii. 19 A couple of pair-horsed trams.
1949 Times 19 Apr. 2/1 An Ealing furniture van—one of the ‘pair-horsed vehicles’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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