单词 | second horse |
释义 | > as lemmassecond horse second horse n. (see quot. 1827); also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in hunting > in particular aspects of stalking-horse1519 cover-hack1788 second horse1827 1827 ‘Nimrod’ Chace (1852) 18 The ‘second-horse man’..rides the second horse, which is to carry his master with the hounds after his having had one..chace on the first. 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 125 The second-horse men, notwithstanding their numbers, appeared to be all cut from the same pattern. < as lemmas |
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