| 单词 | sheep-crook |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheep-crook ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > crook sheep-crookc1420 crookc1430 staffc1475 hook?1523 sheep-hook?1523 c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 327 A shepe-crook in hys hand he sparyd for no pryde. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxv. 158 He must whoop and whistle after them, threatning them with his sheepe-crooke. 1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 70 Who shall now the royal sheep-crook hold,..who now secure the fold? ?1873 T. Hardy Lett. (1978) I. 25 I have sketched in my note-book during the past summer a few correct outlines of smockfrocks, gaiters, sheep~crooks, rick-‘staddles’..and some other out-of-the-way things that might have to be shown. < as lemmas |
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