单词 | train-scent |
释义 | † train-scentn. Obsolete. An object dragged along the ground to make a scent for hounds to follow (= train n.2 5a); a chase using such an object; a drag. to run (also hunt) a train-scent: to follow such a drag. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > drag train1558 train-scent1593 trail-scent1682 trail1763 drag1841 scent bag1889 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iii. sig. D4v Then woulde I aduise you, not to make your match to hunt the Hare after the dogges, but rather to runne trayne sents made with a Catte. 1603 True Narration Entertainm. His Maiestie sig. E3 There was prouided train-cents, and liue haires in baskets, being carried to the heath, that made excellent sport for his Maiestie. 1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. D They hunt, trayne-sents with Oxen, and plow with Dogges. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1608/4 There will be also a Plate given for Hounds running a Train-scent of four Miles. 1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) v. x. 93 Be careful to preserve his Speed till the last Trainscent. 1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. II. 181/2 If we are to run eight Train-Scents and a straight Course more or less, we must put him to such severe Labour not above twice in our Month's whole Keeping. 1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 186 It was called the Train-scent, and so denominated, because the scent which the hounds hunted, proceeded from some animal which had previously been trained along the fields. 1803 W. Taplin Sporting Dict. II. 486 A train scent, (that is, a drag across the country). 1897 Ld. Ribblesdale Queen's Hounds 121 Colonel Thornton thought such great things of Merkin that he backed her to run any hound of her year on a drag or train scent five miles over Newmarket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1593 |
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