单词 | ridger |
释义 | ridgern. 1. A broad strap or chain passing over a cart saddle, and serving to support the shafts; = ridge-band n. In later use chiefly English regional (southern). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > backband ridgewortha1300 rigtowc1310 ridge ropea1333 rigband1408 ridge-band1418 rigwithy1419 rigwiddie1513 backband?1523 rigwithe1570 back-rope1711 rig-ropea1728 ridger1733 ridge chain1757 straddle-band1901 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 322 Two Ropes or Chains, that are held by the Ridger of the Cart-saddle. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. II. 529 The ridger, which is a short chain that goes over the horse's back. 1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales vi. 126 Chains, traces, back-chains or ridgers, and iron eames for six bullocks. 1846 Bell's Life in London 18 Oct. 3/2 Charged..with having..brutally beaten a horse with an iron ‘ridger’ over the fore and hind legs. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 171 Ridge-band..in Suffolk..is called ridger;..and ridge-rope in London and its vicinity. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Redger, a ridge band; a chain which passes over a horse's back to support the rods. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 107/1 Ridger, a chain or yoke that takes the weight of the thills or shafts. 1981 E. H. Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipm. 180/1 The purpose of the pad is to support the back chain, or ridger. 2. Agriculture. An implement for ridging soil. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > ridger ridger1867 1867 Sci. Amer. 19. Oct. 248 (caption) Minor & Ward's road repairing machine and cotton land ridger. 1875 Sporting Gaz. 2 Jan. 6/2 The ridger and subsoiler takes all the heavy work at a depth of 9in or 10in. 1894 Agric. Gaz. New South Wales Sept. 644 The machine..combines in itself the functions of drill, hoe, moulder or ridger. 1947 T. Hennell Countryman at Work 70 The ‘free ends’ of the thatch (where the building ends vertically, and the thatch cannot be continued round the corners) must be made up to the proper thickness within long rods or ridgers, which are first bent upwards to a right angle, pinned in the edges of thatch, finally bent again and pinned down across it. 1977 Grimsby Evening Tel. 5 May 3/6 (advt.) BMB Iron Horse, in perfect working order, with two pair of wheels,..plough, drag, skerry, potato lifter and ridger. 2000 Farmers Guardian (Nexis) 14 Apr. 12 As the season progresses the ridger can be used to reform ridges damaged by irrigation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1733 |
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