单词 | palomino |
释义 | palominon. 1. Usually with capital initial. A variety of white grape, originally grown around Jerez in southern Spain, used esp. to make sherry and fortified wines; (also) the vine producing this grape, or the wine made from it. ΚΠ 1856 Times 16 Aug. 7/4 His vineyard consists of about 60 acres of the Albariza soil, and planted with Palomino and other vines. 1896 Rep. Viticultural Work i. 302 Palomino... Synonyms: Listan;..Golden Chasselas. 1940 H. J. Grossman Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers ix. 106 The principal grape varieties are the Palomino (the best grape for making Sherry wine); the Mantuo Castellano, and the Mantuo de Pila. 1975 Times 5 Apr. 11/4 A wide range of classic wine grapes, such as Riesling, Shiraz, Palomino and Cabernet, give their names to wines. 1996 BBC Good Food Easter 33/1 Palomino makes the distinctive dry sherries of Jerez, the finos, and their counterparts from Sanlúcar, manzanillas. 2. A light golden-brown or tan-coloured horse with a white or pale mane and tail, originally bred in the south-western U.S. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds Frison?a1400 jennet1463 garron1540 Galloway1598 ghoonta1613 Goonhilly1640 forester1712 yabu1753 Highland pony1768 Narragansett pacer1777 Suffolk punch1784 Nubian1790 Cleveland bay1796 cob1818 Conestoga1824 marsh tacky1826 Narragansett1826 Russian pony1829 Clydesdale1831 Turkoman1831 Morgan1841 tarpan1841 Waler1849 Percheron1855 Canuck1860 Anglo-Arabian1864 Anglo-Arab1869 Belgium1878 Palouse1881 standardbred1888 Belgium draught horse1889 saddlebred1891 Timor pony1895 Haflinger1899 Argentine1901 Belgian1907 palomino1914 Appaloosa1924 Trakehner1926 Lipizzaner1928 Tennessee walking horse1938 Bhotia1939 cremello1944 Akhal-Teke1947 Palouse horse1947 Tennessee walker1960 Falabella1977 1914 Sunset May 995/1 A Palomino stallion with arching neck and muscle-ridged barrel led the dozen brown and mottled mares of his seraglio up a silent hillside. 1935 J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat x. 180 You will ride a palomino horse. 1949 Esquire Mar. 29/1 They'll reserve a golden palomino horse for you—all yours for the length of your stay. 1955 W. Foster-Harris Look of Old West viii. 239 Palominos are gold-colored horses, light tan or cream, with white manes—a color variant, not a breed. 1967 O. Ruhen in Coast to Coast 1965–6 191 I put my palomino through one of her circus tricks. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 2 July 11- c/6 (advt.) 4 year old Palamino mare. Good kid & ranch horse. $300. 1990 I. Breakwell & P. Hammond Seeing in Dark (BNC) 11 Trigger, the palomino, was obedient to the slightest pressure. 3. A light golden-brown colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > yellowish brown > fawn fawn-colour1800 fawn1881 Manila1934 palomino1949 1949 Amer. Naturalist 83 60 In order to enhance the ‘two tone’ effect of the pastel (bb), several breeders [of mink] have made the Ebebbb combination producing a color phase called by some palomino. 1960 Times 31 Oct. 1/3 Mink Coat..and Palamino Stole. 1987 N.Y. Times 2 July b9 (advt.) Mercedes Benz '85... White/palomino. 2003 Greenville (S. Carolina) News (Nexis) 4 Sept. 16 d The hottest color is the entire brown palette—creamy palomino to toasty caramel to darkest chocolate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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