| 释义 |
ˈplough-stilt, plow- dial.
[f. as prec. + stilt n.]
A plough-handle.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §3 The plough stylte is on the ryghte syde of the ploughe, wher vpon the rest is set, the rest is a lyttell pece of woode, pynned fast vpon the nether ende of the stylt, and to the sharebeame in the ferther ende. 1581Calr. Laing Charters (1899) 256 [The sheriff-depute] deliverit the plewch stilt in the said Davidis handis vpone the arabill grownd thairof. 1822T. Bewick Mem. 255 To find him so soon attempt to equal his whistling and singing master at the plough-stilts. 1824Scott Redgauntlet Let. x, A hand that never held pleugh-stilt or pettle. 1883Longm. Mag. Apr. 645 What farmers want between the plough-stilts are a pair of strong arms. |