单词 | cock-throttled |
释义 | cock-throttledadj. Of a horse: having a neck thought to resemble that of a fowl in some way, esp. in being long and thin or in having the head set on it at an overly acute angle. Cf. cock-thrappled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of neck > having particular type of windpipe cock-thrappled1593 thrappled1593 cock-throttled1720 1720 E. R. Experienc'd Farrier (ed. 4) 484 Pursiness or Shortness of Breath cometh two ways, Natural and Accidental; Natural is, when he is Cock-throttled, for that his Throttle or Wind-pipe being so long, that he is not able to draw it in and out, with so much ease and pleasure as other Horses do that are loose throttled. 1829 ‘J. Hinds’ Vet. Surg. (ed. 2) iv. i. 545 His windpipe big, unconfined, and straight when he is reined in by the bridle, for if it bends like a bow (or cock-throttled), it very much hinders the passage of his wind. 1878 Farmer's Mag. July 59/1 The cock-throttled Master Richard, seventeen years old, by Teddington out of Energy by Weatherbit, takes more after the chesnut than the brown. 2001 C. Tunstall Train your own Mini (new ed.) i. 8 If not set properly, the neck can cause compression of the larynx and interfere with the horse's breathing. This conformation fault is sometimes known as ‘cock-throttled’, because it looks similar to the way a chicken's head is set on its neck—almost in an upright position. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1720 |
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