| 单词 | beast of draught |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeast of draught a. The action, or an act, of drawing or pulling, esp. of a vehicle, plough, etc.; pull, traction. beast of draught: a horse or other animal used for drawing a cart, plough, etc. Also β. rarely draft. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling drawingc1300 draughta1398 pullinga1425 draggingc1440 halingc1440 lugging?a1500 attraction1578 toilingc1600 trainage1611 hale1615 traction1615 hauling1626 trail1674 tracting1780 haulage1826 pull1833 drawal1936 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cxv. 1264 Þe worme crepeth nouȝt nouþer glideþ as serpentes doþ but he draweþ his body..wiþ many dyuers draughtes. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 131/1 Drawte, or pulle, tractus. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 293 Pull, pull!.. Yit a draght! ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ixv The harowe..goth by twitches and nat alway after one draght. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. ii. 292 That bogs nor rocks, should forbid the draught of the Cannon. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 38 I shall give preference to the Hertfordshire Wheel-Plough as one of the best..and of the easiest Draught. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vii. 318 The Llama, which was never used for draught. 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters i. 8 Beasts of draught and of burden. < as lemmas |
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