单词 | busser |
释义 | bussern. Now historical. A medium-sized horse used to pull a bus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous) chareter1601 gigstera1812 van horse1820 cab horse1828 cabber1832 stanhope horse1836 vanner1854 sledder1869 trapper1883 trammer1889 fly-horse1891 busser1894 1894 Daily Tel. 10 Nov. 10/5 [For sale] By order of the Star Omnibus Company, six useful busers. 1897 Comm. Horse Breeding Ireland: Minutes of Evid. 181/1 Latterly the price for the average harness horse, and cabber, and busser, and trammer, has gone down..nearly fifty per cent. 1901 Morning Post 9 Apr. 8/1 Active short-legged bussers. All warranted quiet in harness. 2006 M. E. Derry Horses in Society i. iv. 85 The busser seems to be simply a slightly less robust animal than the vanner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1894 |
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