单词 | cabber |
释义 | † cabbern. colloquial. Obsolete. A horse used to pull a cab (cab n.2 1a). Cf. cab horse n. at cab n.2 Compounds 2. 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 1832 New Monthly Mag. 34 205 Half-a-dozen chargers, hacks, hunters, ponies, and magnificent cabbers. 1884 Times 27 Oct. 2/4 Sixteen short-legged, active, clever young cabbers. 1902 G. R. Sims Living London II. 97/2 The horses, instead of being strong, well-fed animals, are lean ‘cabbers’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019). < n.1832 |
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