单词 | to get a catch |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also go for) a (or the) catch 13. Australian and New Zealand. Sheep-shearing. A sheep taken by a shearer from the catching pen; spec. one taken just before the end of the run, so that it can be shorn at leisure, thus making an easy addition to the shearer's tally. Frequently in to get (also go for) a (or the) catch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined in relation to shearing rosella1849 woolly1910 catch1933 snob1945 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 23 Sept. 13/7 Catch. Just before stopping time in a wool shed, a shearer tries to finish the sheep he is on and catch another which he can finish at ease after knock-off. This is called getting a catch. E.g., ‘How many more can you do this run?’—‘Two and a catch.’ 1952 G. Meek Station Days 110 When a shearer takes a sheep from the catching pen, that's his catch. 1956 G. Bowen Wool Away! (ed. 2) 155 Catch, the last sheep of a mob. Very often this sheep produces one extra for the tally of the shearer who shears well enough to catch it first. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry i. 7 The ‘bell sheep’, or ‘the catch’ as it is often called, may be an easy one. 1987 H. Ogonowska-Coates Boards, Blades & Barebellies 95 Aiming to get a sheep before the bell is termed ‘going for the catch’. < as lemmas |
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