单词 | cow-tail |
释义 | cow-tailn.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > device for catching flies > device for driving off flies werela1390 flapc1440 fly-flapc1440 flapper1570 flip-flap1600 cow-tail1672 fly-flapper1749 chauri1777 fly-brush1838 fly-whisk1838 fly-duster1860 scare-fly1862 fly-whipper1872 fly-fan1891 fly-flick1914 fly-swatter1917 swatter1917 fly-swish1922 swatting1925 fly-swat1937 1672 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Contin. Mem. conc. Empire Great Mogol III. 41 These Elephants have then also..certain Cow-tails..hanging at their ears like great mustachoes. 1774 W. Hastings in Markham Tibet (1876) 8 Cattle which bear what are called cowtails. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xv. 351 A confidential servant..waved the great chowry, or cow-tail, to keep off the flies. 1840 H. H. Wilson Vishnu Purana v. v. 506 Yaśodá..waved over him a cow-tail brush. 2. The coarsest grade of wool, sheared from the sheep's hind legs. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific part of sheep hip locks1681 neck wool1726 breeching1799 bottom wool1848 belly-wool1851 say-cast1877 cow-tail1884 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted 16 The coarsest part of the [sheep's] wool is known as breach, or britch, and even when very strong, as cow-tail. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 66 Among wool-trade expressions apparently original to Australia are cowtail and say-cast, the coarsest hair at the tail end of a fleece. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1672 |
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