| 单词 | cheek-band |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheek-band cheek-band n. (a) either of the side straps of a horse's bridle, connecting the headpiece with the bit; = sense 7a; (b) a band of contrasting colour on the cheek of an animal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle > parts of headstallc1330 trench1480 stalk1497 musrol1551 head-strain?1561 water-chain?1561 throat band1585 cavesson1598 mullen1598 nose bit?a1600 front-stall1601 ampyx1607 chain1607 fillet1607 cheek-band1611 cheekpiece1611 noseband1611 throat thong1611 headpiece1678 throatlatch1693 headband1704 trenchefil1730 bridoon1744 banquet1753 head1756 cheek1795 throat strap1803 frontlet1805 throat-lash1805 cheekstrap1834 brow-band1844 nosepiece1865 shank1879 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Porte-mors The cheeke-peece, or cheeke-band, of a Bridle. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. vii. 241 There is an ornament like a flower de luce..in the angle between the nose-band and the cheek-band. 1891 G. E. Shelley in P. L. Sclater & G. E. Shelley Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. XIX. 88 Cheek-band bordering the red of throat jet-black. 1902 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 16 273 The usual broad white cheek-band occupies the whole area below the eyes, from the nose to the side of the neck. 1973 S. Ali & S. D. Ripley Handbk. Birds India & Pakistan IX. 204 Young similar to adult but crown paler, cheek-band cream instead of white. 2004 K. Forsyth Tower of Ravens (2005) 38 He dragged on the cheek-band and pushed at the horse's flank until at last she summoned the energy to stand. < as lemmas |
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