actionedadj.
/ˈakʃnd/, U.S. /ˈækʃənd/ With preceding word: having action of a specified kind; functioning in a particular way. Cf. action n. 19.Frequently of a horse.
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1811 E. Weatherby & J. Weatherby Racing Cal. 514 A beautiful Grey Arabian..remarkably handsome..thought to be the best actioned Arabian that ever came to England.
1837 Times 20 June 1 (advt.) Twenty remarkably fine, powerful, young, fresh, good-actioned, short-legged Horses, in beautiful condition.
1858 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 7 195 We have a double-actioned shovel, no motion being lost.
1928 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 17/7 Quick-actioned, weight-shifting Shires, Clydesdales, Suffolks, or Percheron horses.
1949 E. Jenkins Six Criminal Women 186 She drove herself in a phaeton with two ‘handsome actioned’ cobs.
1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man (1998) 8/1 For the bulk of my plug fishing I use..a 9-foot two-piece snappy actioned, low-profile carbon rod.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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