单词 | surrey |
释义 | surreyn.1 An American four-wheeled two-seated pleasure carriage, the seats being of similar design and facing forwards; also, a motor-carriage of similar structure. Originally applied to an adaptation of the Surrey cart (an English pleasure cart with an open spindle seat first built in the county of Surrey) introduced into the U.S.A. by J. B. Brewster & Co. of New York in 1872. (The Hub March 1882.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > with body like specific horse-drawn vehicle surrey1896 station wagon1900 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > with two seats facing forwards surrey1896 1896 Howells Idyls in Drab 34 Hacks and barouches, and light, wood-coloured surreys and phaetons. 1896 Cosmopolitan Feb. 420/1 The Hill locomotor... In design the vehicle is a canopy-top surrey with two seats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Surreyn.2 Used attributively in Surrey capon n., Surrey chicken n., Surrey fowl n. to designate a fowl specially fattened before being killed and prepared for cooking. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > fatted fowl feddleOE Surrey fowl1874 1874 L. Wright Illustr. Bk. Poultry xxii. 319 We have often been asked to describe the large ‘Surrey’ or ‘Sussex’ fowls which are so largely reared for the London market. 1910 J. T. Brown Encycl. Poultry II. 459/1 ‘Surrey Fowls’. A trade description for the best produce of the Sussex fattening coops. 1938 L. Pearce-Gervis Compl. Poultry Keeper & Farmer vi. 153 The top prices..are still made by the Surrey Chicken... For this market either Pure Light Sussex or a cross in which there is a Sussex strain is necessary, for the white flesh must be maintained. 1971 Selfridge Xmas Food Catal. 6/1 Surrey capons..Plump full-breasted succulent birds. 1971 Guardian 27 Nov. 3/8 You tuck the quail into a poulet de bresse (a Surrey fowl would do). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11896n.21874 |
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