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Trakehner|træˈkeɪnə(r)|
In sense 2 also trakehner, trakena, trakener.
[a. Ger., f. the name of the Trakehnen stud.]
1. A saddle horse belonging to a breed first developed at the Trakehnen stud in east Prussia.
[1905W. Ridgeway Origin & Influence Thoroughbred Horse iv. 472 The extraordinary tractability of the Prussian Trakehnen breed..is a well known feature.] 1926A. Topham Chron. Prussian Court i. 16 The carriages..had been waiting in the shade, each with its four splendid Trakehner horses. 1975Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 13 July 5/1 The Trakehner breed of horses is fairly new in North America, but is famous and long prized in Europe where the breed originated in the areas of Eastern Prussia and Poland. 1980G. Henschel Illustr. Guide Horses & Ponies 155/3 Trakehners often make top-grade show jumpers.
2. A type of fence in the cross-country section of an equestrian three-day event, etc. (see quot. 1973).
1958S. Willcox Three Days Running xvii. 174 We made our way up the incline towards a big trakena fence. 1959R. S. Summerhays Encycl. for Horsemen (rev. ed.) 306/2 Trakener, a type of fence used in Cross-country... It is a ditch spanned by rails in the centre. 1973C. Stratton Encycl. Show-Jumping & Combined Training 271/1 A trakener is a cross-country obstacle made of a ‘knife rest’ construction, built on a ditch, with a second rail attached to the cross pieces. 1977Horse & Hound 10 June 25/1 Fences 5 (a trakehner over a dry ditch) and 6 (a sloping palisade followed by a bank and ditch) caused most of the trouble across country. |