= featherweight, n. to ride a feather: see quot. 1823.
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释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider > types of (12) feather1760 = featherweight, n. to ride a feather: see quot. 1823. lightweight1773 Horse Racing. In a handicap race: a horse carrying a light weight or light handicap. Also: a jockey riding at a low weight. welter1804 A heavyweight horseman or pugilist. Cf. welter weight, n. steeple hunter1830 =,steeplechaser, n. a bad waster1833 a bad waster: said of a jockey who has difficulty in ‘wasting’ (see waste, v. 11c). steeplechaser1837 One who rides in a steeplechase. heavyweight1857 A person or animal of more than the average weight; spec. a jockey, etc., of more than the average weight; a professional boxer weighing over 12 st… stoner1862 In combination with prefixed numeral: A person weighing, or a horse carrying, (so many) stone (stone, n. 14). roper1870 British. Horse Racing. A jockey who prevents a horse from winning by holding it back; (hence) a person who intentionally loses any race by holding… point-to-pointer1929 a horse or rider participating in a point-to-point race. jumping jockey1947 = jump jockey n. at jump-, comb._form affix. jump jockey1970 a jockey who rides in steeplechases. |
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