| 单词 | butt chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutt chain butt chain n. now rare (in a plough, cart, etc.) either of two chains connecting the swingletree to the harness of a draught animal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > for connecting animals tugwithe?1523 coupling-strapa1732 incatenation1762 coupling-reins1795 ox-riem1817 trek-tow1822 butt chain1857 trek chain1878 jockey-stick1887 1857 Direct. City of Richmond (Indiana) 146 (advt.) Manufacturers of..Collars, Whips, Trunks, Carpet Bags, Horse Covers, Fly Netts, Trace, Breast and Butt Chains, &c. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 414/1 Butt-chain (Saddlery), a short chain which reaches from the leather tug to the single-tree, to each of which it is hooked. 1958 Amer. Speech 33 269 Butt chain, the chain links at the end of a harness tug used to fasten a horse to a singletree. Also sometimes said of any short length of chain. < as lemmas |
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