单词 | rue-raddy |
释义 | rue-raddyn. Now historical. 1. A belt or rope, or a rude harness made of these, passed over the shoulder for the purpose of dragging something along. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > thing used in pulling > a rope > rope passed over shoulder rue-raddy1851 1851 W. P. Snow Voy. Prince Albert 133 Each man had..his tracking belt, called by them ‘rowraddy’, so fastened to the track-rope that he could not well fall through any hole [in the ice]. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. 112 Each man had his own shoulder-belt or rue-raddy as we used to call it, and his own track line. 1869 All Year Round 3 July 106/2 He [sc. the sealer] now fastens the rope or ‘rueraddy’ with which he is provided, to the skins and blubber, and drags them over the ice. 1901 R. A. Bennet Thyra i. 8 Black knotted the rueraddies into a sling for the sled. Then, all together, we grasped one the slack guide-ropes and began dragging. 2003 B. Jones Rope Eater (2005) vi. 117 We slid up on the ice edge, strapped ourselves into the rue raddies—a torso harness rigged by Ash before we parted—and pulled the boat to new water. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > pulling by a line or rope > one who > one pulling by rope over shoulder rue-raddy1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xix. 190 An additional burden, but a necessary one, for our weary rue-raddies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rue-raddyv. Obsolete. transitive (in passive). To attach by means of a rue-raddy or shoulder harness.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with rope, cord, or line > with specific type rue-raddy1856 bungee1988 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 181 Five men were then rue-raddied to the track-lines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1851v.1856 |
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