单词 | broadhorn |
释义 | broadhornn. 1. a. A bovine animal of a breed or type characterized by long, spreading horns; esp. a Texas longhorn. Now historical. ΘΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > long-horn breeds longhorn1770 Shropshire1803 coaster1890 Texas longhorn1908 1805 J. Lawrence Gen. Treat. Cattle 125 With respect to purchased stock, they prefer..the broad-horns; by which I suppose, they mean the half long-horns, or the produce of the Lancashire long, and Yorkshire short-horns. 1875 E. A. Curley Nebraska xvi. 220 Texas can only furnish a limited supply of ‘broad horns’ or native cattle, of which Otoe County fattens a large number annually. 1901 Indianapolis News 13 Mar. 2/2 The play of a stiff wind over a Texas plain and its effect upon the feeding broad-horns is portrayed with much vigour. 2000 M. Wright What they didn't teach you about Wild West iii. 66 They went under the name of broadhorn,..Texas cattle, Spanish cattle, twisthorn, and—the most popular name—longhorn. Π 1847 Knickerbocker Aug. 141 He had wandered some distance up the [California] mountains in search of wild sheep or ‘broad-horns’. 2. U.S. A kind of flat boat (flat-boat n. 2) formerly used esp. on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Now historical. ΘΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of sedge-boat1336 shout1395 scout1419 pink1471 punt-boatc1500 palander1524 pram1531 punt1556 bark1598 sword-pink1614 pont1631 schuit1666 pontoon1681 bateau1711 battoe1711 flight1769 scow1780 keel-boat1786 ferry flat1805 ark1809 panga1811 mackinaw boat1812 mudboat1824 pinkie1840 mackinaw1842 sharpie1860 sculling float1874 pass-boat1875 sled1884 scow sloop1885 sharp1891 johnboat1894 ballahoo1902 pram1929 goelette1948 1824 J. Hall in Port Folio Aug. 143 The flat bottom boat, is nothing more than a raft with sides and a roof... An immense oar is placed on each side near the bow, which has given these boats the nick name of ‘broad-horns’). 1833 Deb. Congr. 20 Feb. 1764 It was too late to force his broad-horn against the current back into the main channel. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 27 He went off on a broadhorn. You don't know what a broadhorn is. No? Well, it's a flat-boat of the old rig. 1941 F. L. Dorsey Master of Mississippi 129 Keelboatmen and ‘broadhorn’ pushers eyed it with suspicion. 1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse v. 114 Flatboats (arks, barges, broadhorns, Kentuckys), keelboats, skiffs, and who knows how many hybrids, all of them sharing one significant element: they had no propulsion but gravity—that is, the current. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1805 |
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