单词 | side rope |
释义 | side ropen. 1. A trace (trace n.2 2) for a horse or other draught animal. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > traces tracec1350 side rope1370 wain-rope1371 trace14.. soam1404 pintrace1440 side-trace1445 wain-string1464 theats1496 treat1611 trek-tow1822 trace-chain1844 tug-strap1882 trek-rope1883 trace-rope1900 1370 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 164 In manerio sunt..viij. paria sydrapis quorum ij. paria nova. 1446 Inventory in H. Fishwick Hist. Parish Lytham (1907) 81 (MED) In the haghous..j Sewyng neld, xiij Syderopes..j spynnyng croke, ij Mukcrokes for Mukcowpes. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 114 A Siderape, retinaculum. c1520 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 206 ij lytyll lynys callyd syde ropes. 1556 in J. P. Earwaker Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1884) I. 15 In wheles, ploowes, Iron sydropes, ij shode wheles, wth suche nessesaryes, xxv s. 1599 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 9 ix draught oxen wth duble furniture of yokes, waynes, and sitheropes. 1655 Markham's Perfect Horseman 101 First, for the side-Ropes, they must be made of the best, finest, and strongest pack-thred. 1696 A. S. Gentleman's Compl. Jockey 47 Let..the length of the side-ropes [be] thirty six inches; but if the Horse be of a long reach, you may add an inch more. 1726 N. B. Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 16/2 By a small Tape fastened up to the Saddle, stay the side Rope in that even, just length. 1798 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XX. 260 The harrows are drawn side-ways by a train or side rope (like that used in a plough). 1848 Glasgow Herald 24 July A countryman was riding a horse through the streets, having only a side rope for a bridle. 1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles xxxviii. 311 Over this lay the wooden brechams or harness to which the citheropes or side-ropes, averaging 9ft (2.8m) long, were attached. 2. A guy (guy n.1 2a) attached to a mast or pole, or used to hold a tent in place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting rope guide-ropec1400 stayc1515 guy1620 guide-tackle1665 side rope1726 guy-rope1793 guy-rod1903 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 13/1 The head of the mast..we may guide..by means of the two side Ropes, as with two Reins. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. Tables, 19 Names of the standing and running Rigging..Awnings Ridge and Side Rope [etc.]. 1836 S. Dickson Fallacy Art of Physic 14 The mast of a ship is kept erect by the side ropes called shrouds. 1848 G. F. Duckett Technol. Mil. Dict. (rev. ed.) 429/1 Side-rope of a marquee. 1905 Forest & Stream 23 Dec. 509/3 The upright poles had been thrown over sidewise and the pegs, to which the side ropes were made fast, had been pulled out of the ground. 1992 D. Hammarstrom Big Top Boss xiii. 126 There was even a machine to ‘guy out’ the tent (tighten the side ropes). 3. Nautical. A rope used to climb up the side of a ship. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope for getting up ship's side side rope1816 1816 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 539/1 This precaution of removing the side-ropes was always taken, probably to prevent those alongside from holding on, or trying to climb up. 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship III. xli. 250 You might..have let me had a side-rope, my hearties. 1869 Chambers's Jrnl. 24 Apr. 267/2 Then, getting hold of the side rope, Mr Ward and I got on deck. 1953 M. A. Michael tr. O. Strandberg Tigerland & South Sea xv. 162 Young beauties who swam round their ships and with much snorting tried to climb up side ropes or anchor chains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1370 |
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