单词 | booted and spurred |
释义 | > as lemmasbooted and spurred b. esp. in phrase booted and spurred. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1678 Gunpowder-Treas. 19 He..found Faux..booted and spurr'd. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 39 Punch came in booted and spurred. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 16 Come then to Tarporley booted and spurr'd. booted (or †hosed) and spurred a. In pred. use, chiefly in the phrase booted (or †hosed) and spurred. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing footwear > wearing boots > wearing boots or hose and spurs booted (or hosed) and spurredc1400 c1400 Brut cc. 227 In maner of an Erl, worthely arraied,..and hosede and spored. c1450 Contin. Brut 561 Þe Duyk of Burgeyn..was..slayne,..and after, put in-to a pitte, botit and spurret. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 130 May the great Fiend booted & spurr'd,..Ride headlong down her throat. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. xxii. 90 I, and that booted and spurred too. 1678 Gunpowder-Treas. 19 He..found Faux..booted and spurr'd. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 39 Punch came in booted and spurred. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 16 Come then to Tarporley booted and spurr'd. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 296/2 Three legs of man in armour,..garnished and spurred. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. 138 Others came forth on foot, booted and spurred. < as lemmas |
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