单词 | rubbing post |
释义 | > as lemmasrubbing post rubbing post n. ΚΠ 1647 C. Culpeper Let. 22 Dec. in 17th-cent. Polit. & Financial Papers (1996) 314 His invention of a bryer & a rubbinge poste is vsuall in these parts in lieu of the other parte, the garbadge of a rabbit..steeped in water squirted upon the trees. 1782 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Norfolk (1787) II. 115 It is an excellent custom of the Norfolk farmer to erect rubbing posts in the different parts of the inclosure. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §16 Pigsty, with a rubbing-post in the open area or feeding-place. 1980 Quarto Dec. 17/3 Professor Flynn's book..is a valuable rubbing post against which to try out one's beliefs. 2002 Cheshire Life Aug. 153/1 Each day the bulls are individually let out into a sand-filled playpen, complete with a tree trunk rubbing post and butting pipe. < as lemmas |
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