| 单词 | squaw horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmassquaw horse squaw horse n. now historical (a) (in representations of pidgin English) a female horse; (b) a horse used for carrying packs, pulling travois (cf. travois n.), etc., rather than for hunting or warfare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female squaw horse1634 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xv. 89 They posted to the English to tell them how the case stood or hung with their squaw horse. 1848 S. P. Hildreth Pioneer Hist. xx. 426 This one the Indians called ‘a squaw horse’, not knowing the English word for a female. 1903 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 472/2 It was better than being a squaw-horse, dragging a lot of laden poles about. 1973 H. McCracken Amer. Cowboy vi. 60 They [sc. the Indians] had squaw horses for pulling travois to move camp, and buffalo horses and war horses. 2008 J. Logan Slocum & Tomboy xxi. 165 Best gawdamn squaw horse in the whole country. < as lemmas |
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