| 单词 | racking pace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasracking pace racking pace n. = rack n.6; an easy, ambling pace. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > rack racking1530 rack1566 racking pace1611 Canterbury rack1636 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Amble,..an ambling, or racking pace. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) xxviii. 134 There is also a third pace, which is neither nor amble, but is called a racking pace, that is to say, betweene an amble and trot. 1630 Tincker of Turvey 22 It was a pretty Tit then, the Beast has a racking pace still. 1676 London Gaz. 1138/4 Two Cart-Geldings,..a little racking-pace. 1678 E. R. Experienced Farrier i. 64 If you Elect for Buck-hunting, Galloping on the Highway Post, Hackney, or the like, then a racking Pace is required: and this Motion is the same that Ambling is, only it is in a swifter time. 1722 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 167 A Moose..shoves along side-ways, throwing out the Feet, much like a Horse in a racking pace. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXIX. at Rack The racking pace is much the same as the amble. 1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop. Encycl. II. 703 Racker, A horse that moves with a racking pace. 1912 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 25 151 Yonder comes the surgeon in a racking pace! 1942 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 3 Sept. 12/3 This generation of women will have to curb their stride to the racking pace of the hobble skirt era. < as lemmas |
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