单词 | saddle mark |
释义 | saddle markn. 1. a. A mark on a horse's back resulting from the friction of a saddle, often showing as a whitish patch of hair or skin. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > chafing or galling gallc1440 navel-gall?1523 spur-galling1566 saddle boil1591 saddle bruise1591 shackle-gall1596 warble1607 pince1610 stickfast1610 saddle galla1637 spur-gall1655 collar-gall1684 saddle mark1687 holster-gall1689 navel-galling1691 gall-spot1713 warble tumour1805 saddle sore1873 1687 London Gaz. No. 2282/8 A dark bay brown punch Nag..with saddle marks, and girt mark'd under the Belly. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 32 Saddle marks are extremely common, in fact it is the exception to find an old troop horse without them. 1976 Horse & Hound 10 Dec. 67/2 (advt.) Bay mare... Some saddle marks. 1997 Your Horse Nov. 146/2 (advt.) Small white section left hind leg. White saddle marks on withers. b. An area of hair left unclipped on a horse's back where the saddle is placed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > hair in shape of saddle saddle mark1963 1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. Santini Horseman's Dict. 172 Saddle mark, hair left unclipped on a horse's back in the shape of a saddle; usual in clipping hunters. 2. A natural saddle-like marking on the back of an animal; = saddle marking at saddle n.1 8a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > marking on back saddle1766 spine1791 saddle mark1892 1892 Science 18 Mar. 156/1 A mare that is first coupled with a jack and gives birth to a mule will afterwards, when coupled with a stallion, give birth to horses with long ears and scant tails and saddle-marks across the shoulders. 1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 39 280 The obscure saddle marks reported for certain Atlantic and Pacific specimens [of killer whale] are vaguely evident in photos. 1961 J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson & J. Sankey Land Invertebr. ix. 96 Both sexes [of the harvestman Mitopus morio] normally have a distinct hour-glass saddle-mark. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 149/1 The blue or horse variety of brown bear..is found in eastern Tibet... A yellowish-brown or whitish cape forms a saddle mark over its shoulders, hence the name ‘horse bear’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687 |
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