| 单词 | to get a stand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get a stand P4. U.S. Hunting. to get a stand: to drive buffalo into a single stationary group prior to killing them. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1876 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons ii. 212 in Mem. Geol. Surv. Kentucky I ii When the hunter is this successful, it is termed ‘getting a stand on the herd.’ A ‘stand’ is most surely made in nearly level ground. 1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 274 Occasionally these panic fits..make them [sc. buffalo] run together and stand still in a stupid, frightened manner... When they are made to act thus it is called in hunters' parlance getting a stand on them. 1909 E. Rye Quirt & Spur ii. 51 Buffalo getting skittish. Hard to get a stand on 'em now. 1938 J. F. Guyer Pioneer Life 25 The killing of these [buffalo] leaders first is the secret of getting a stand. < as lemmas |
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