| 单词 | to ride the goaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride the goaf 2. English regional (East Anglian). to ride the goaf: to ride a horse on top of a goaf in order to compress it and make it more compact. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 148 ‘Riding the goof’, is the work of a boy on horse-back, to compress the corn as thrown on the goof. 1844 Brit. Farmer's Mag. Apr. 64 It is no uncommon thing to hear a master thus address a boy—‘Come huther baw. You must ride the gofe this morning.’ 1905 Trans. Surveyors' Inst. 37 425 He remembered, as a boy, years ago, ‘riding the goaf’ in such a barn. 1969 G. E. Evans Farm & Village viii. 83 Many of the older Suffolk farm-workers, now long retired, remember riding the goaf as lads. 2012 M. Morgan Mrs McKeiver's Secrets 20 Ruth banged her knee chasing through the gate; then sprained it next day, riding the goaf. < as lemmas |
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