单词 | rope-burn |
释义 | rope-burnv. Originally U.S. transitive. To inflict a rope burn on. Frequently in passive. ΚΠ 1897 [implied in: C. F. Lummis King of Broncos 184 My squat, hard hand, rough and rope-burned with the breaking of a savage bronco. (at rope-burned adj.)]. 1900 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 7 June 8/2 One bay mare..has been rope burned on left hind foot, no brands. 1950 Life 4 Dec. 140 (advt.) Hours of rehearsal in this bosun's chair rope-burned my hands. 1966 M. E. Murie & O. Murie Wapiti Wilderness v. 54 There was such friction from the mule's wild lunges that my palms were rather badly rope-burned. 1972 B. K. Green Some More Horse Tradin' (2000) 210 He [sc. a horse] has managed to rope-burn every leg from a little to a whole lot. 1995 M. Lane Pink Highways 116 We were either windburned, sunburned, ropeburned, poisoned by diesel fumes [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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