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单词 McClellan
释义 McClellan, n.|məˈklɛlən|
Also M'Clellan, (misspelt) McLellan.
[The name of George B. McClellan (1826–85), U.S. army officer, who invented this type of saddle.]
Used attrib. with reference to a type of saddle with a wooden leather-covered frame and a high pommel and cantle, long used by the U.S. cavalry. Also absol.
1866J. E. Cooke Surry xxii. 83 His saddle was a plain ‘McClellan tree’ strapped over a red blanket for saddle cloth.1885W. D. Howells Rise S. Lapham ii. 47 A burly mounted policeman, bulging over the pommel of his M'Clellan saddle, jolted by.1901F. Norris Octopus (1903) I. i. v. 161 In the corners of the room were muddy boots, a McClellan saddle, a surveyor's transit, and empty coal hod, and a box of iron bolts and nuts.1940W. van T. Clark Ox-Bow Incident ii. 124 He didn't have a stock saddle either, but a little, light McLellan.1976V. Randolph Pissing in Snow lvi. 85 The McClellan is an old-style army saddle, and there ain't no horn on it.1981E. Hartley-Edwards Country Life Bk. Saddlery & Equipment 98/3 The earliest McClellan saddles did not have panels.
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