| 释义 |
hoden, a. Kentish dial.|ˈuːdən|
Also hooden.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from association with wooden from the wooden horse's head.]
Of or pertaining to the horse with wooden head and clapping jaws featured in a masquerade which formerly took place, spec. in Kent, on Christmas Eve. ˈhodener, a performer in this masquerade; ˈhodening, the name of the performance; also attrib.
1807European Mag. LI. 358 This [mumming] is called, provincially, a Hodening, and the figure above described a Hoden, or Woden horse. 1887Parish & Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 77 Hoodening.., the name formerly given to a mumming or masquerade. 1891Church Times 2 Jan. 20/1 ‘Hodening’ still goes on..at Deal and Walmer. 1909P. Maylam Hooden Horse i. 2 Everyone springs up, saying, ‘The hoodeners have come, let us go and see the fun.’ Ibid. 7 A farm with more than one team would have a hooden horse to each team. Ibid. 9, I had intended to walk on to Deal and look for the hoodening parties there. 1966G. E. Evans Pattern under Plough xix. 193 The hobby-horses that appear in many countryside ceremonies and ritual dances, notably the Hodening Horse. 1971Country Life 17 June 1533/1 The Hooden Horse, a mystic man-animal found only in East Kent, will be at large in Folkestone..June 19. |