A light two-wheeled carriage or chaise (sometimes without a body), seated for one person: now used principally in trotting races. (So called because…
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled > sulky or trotting cart (6) sulky1756 A light two-wheeled carriage or chaise (sometimes without a body), seated for one person: now used principally in trotting races. (So called because… trotting-sulky1883 attributive as trotting-match, trotting-race, trotting-sulky, trotting-term (see trot, v. 2), trotting-track, trotting-turf. robbo1897 A horse and trap, esp. one in a ramshackle condition; the driver or hirer of one of these. In extended use: an inferior, substandard, or decrepit… trotter1902 A trotting-cart, a sulky. jinker1916 Australian. A light, two-wheeled horse-drawn cart; spec. (slang) a sulky used in harness racing (see sulky, n. 1). spider1945 A lightly-built cart, trap, or phaeton with a high body and disproportionately large and slender wheels. Originally South African. Also (Australian)… |
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