单词 | unicorn carman |
释义 | > as lemmasunicorn carman b. Attributive in sense 6, as unicorn carman, unicorn fashion, unicorn omnibus (attributive), unicorn team. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of three horses in specific arrangement unicorn carman1856 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > type of horsedrawn unicorn omnibus1856 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > team of > team of three unicorn team1856 unicorn1866 pickaxe team1875 1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 726/3 A unicorn team is two abreast and one in front. 1877 ‘C. Bede’ Figaro at Hastings 47 Some [wagonettes] with four horses, some with three (unicorn fashion). 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. i. 14 Frank Liardet is driving his unicorn omnibus team from the lonely beach. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 1/3 A ‘unicorn carman’..means ‘one who drives three horses’. < as lemmas |
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