wooden horse n. An instrument of punishment, chiefly military, formerly in use (= horse, n. 6b): see quot. 1688. Historical.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > wooden horse (4) wooden horse1629 wooden horse n. An instrument of punishment, chiefly military, formerly in use (= horse, n. 6b): see quot. 1688. Historical. horse1648 A contrivance on which a person rides, sits astride, or is carried, as on horseback. An ancient instrument of torture; a wooden frame on which… timber-marec1650 a kind of wooden horse on which offending soldiers and others were made to ride as a punishment. wooden mare1819 = wooden horse n. at sense 4. |
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