单词 | twitter-boned |
释义 | twitter-bonedadj. rare. Now historical. Of a horse: affected with a quittor (fistulous coronet). Cf. twitter-bone n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of feet or hooves broken-hoofed1362 afounded?a1425 foundered1543 pumiced1566 hoof-bound1598 fretished1607 incastellated1611 wired1614 gravelled1630 grease-fallen1688 greasy1701 incastled1706 greased1710 scratchy1710 retraised1725 hot-footed1740 twitter-boned1760 quittered1778 thrushy1831 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. x. 43 His horse was either clapp'd, or..twitter-bon'd, or broken-winded. 1905 J. Bloundelle-Burton Land of Bondage ii. 19 The twitter-boned, broken-winded horse he bestrode gave..but few signs that his employer bestowed much care upon him. 1983 Moosehead Rev. No. 8. 24 The next I pronounced both clapped and twitter-boned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1760 |
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