alforjan.

Brit.

/alˈfɔːxə/,

/alˈfɔːhə/, U.S.

/ælˈfɔrhɑ/

Forms: 1600s allforge, 1600s–1800s alforge, 1700s aliforge, 1700s allforche, 1700s– alforja; U.S. regional (western) 1800s alfarga, 1800s alfarge, 1800s alforga, 1800s– alfarge, 1800s– alforja, 1900s– alfarky, 1900s– alforche, 1900s– alforka, 1900s– alforki, 1900s– alforkus, 1900s– allforche.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Portuguese alforja; Spanish alforja.

Etymology: Partly < Portuguese alforja, †alforge (second half of the 12th cent.), and partly < Spanish alforja (c1400), both in sense ‘pouch or bag, typically made of leather’, both < Arabic al-ḵurj < al the + ḵurj store, supply, provision < ḵaraja to proceed. Compare Catalan alforja (1523).

1. In Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish or Portuguese influence: a pouch or bag, typically of leather; a saddlebag.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > saddle-bags

sumpter1548

alforja1608

sumptery1620

saddlebag1675

jag1787

saddle pocket1857

kyack1901

1608 H. Timberlake Disc. Trav. Two Eng. Pilg. (rev. ed.) sig. F Afewe Raisins and Bisket, such as wee carried in our Alforges.

1628 World Encompassed by Sir F. Drake 7 Comming with their Allforges (they are leathern bags holding liquor) to buy water.

1775 Adventures of Alonso I. iii. 29 Having..bought a pair of alforges, and a borracho, which they filled with wine and provisions, they set out on their journey.

1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal i. 6 We..took out of the alforjas, a small remains of ham.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra 15 His alforjas of coarse cloth hold his scanty stock of provisions.

1877 E. G. Squier Peru 564 We..unburdened ourselves of our alforjas.

1914 Outing June 314/1 It will fit nicely into an alforja, which measures usually about 24 x 16 x 8 inches.

1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy viii. 155 All or a part of the parcels might have been stuffed into ‘alforjas’, which were wide, leathern or canvas bags..hanging from crosses on the saddle's top.

1982 L. Green Boundary Hunters vii. 148 Each pack-horse carried a load of about 250 pounds, much of it in alforjas.

†2. The cheek pouch of a baboon or other monkey. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > parts of

alforja1678

1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd iii. iii. 42 You have had your time, and must now live upon your Alforges; like a great Monkey chew the Cud, for you must be a clean Beast in spight of your teeth.

a1704 T. Brown Highlander in Wks. (1707) I. i. 159 As Monkeys their Alforges stuff with Nuts.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xviii. 153 A great bag of loose skin hanging down on each side in wrinkles, like the alforjas of a baboon.

1808 J. Bell Princ. Surg. III. i. vii. 279 You distinguished the connection of these abscesses with the throat..by the fellow blowing up the two bags at will, till they resembled the alforges of a baboon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alforja
释义	alforjan. Brit. /alˈfɔːxə/, /alˈfɔːhə/, U.S. /ælˈfɔrhɑ/ Forms: 1600s allforge, 1600s–1800s alforge, 1700s aliforge, 1700s allforche, 1700s– alforja; U.S. regional (western) 1800s alfarga, 1800s alfarge, 1800s alforga, 1800s– alfarge, 1800s– alforja, 1900s– alfarky, 1900s– alforche, 1900s– alforka, 1900s– alforki, 1900s– alforkus, 1900s– allforche. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Portuguese alforja; Spanish alforja. Etymology: Partly < Portuguese alforja, †alforge (second half of the 12th cent.), and partly < Spanish alforja (c1400), both in sense ‘pouch or bag, typically made of leather’, both < Arabic al-ḵurj < al the + ḵurj store, supply, provision < ḵaraja to proceed. Compare Catalan alforja (1523). 1. In Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish or Portuguese influence: a pouch or bag, typically of leather; a saddlebag. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > saddle-bags sumpter1548 alforja1608 sumptery1620 saddlebag1675 jag1787 saddle pocket1857 kyack1901 1608 H. Timberlake Disc. Trav. Two Eng. Pilg. (rev. ed.) sig. F Afewe Raisins and Bisket, such as wee carried in our Alforges. 1628 World Encompassed by Sir F. Drake 7 Comming with their Allforges (they are leathern bags holding liquor) to buy water. 1775 Adventures of Alonso I. iii. 29 Having..bought a pair of alforges, and a borracho, which they filled with wine and provisions, they set out on their journey. 1777 W. Dalrymple Trav. Spain & Portugal i. 6 We..took out of the alforjas, a small remains of ham. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra 15 His alforjas of coarse cloth hold his scanty stock of provisions. 1877 E. G. Squier Peru 564 We..unburdened ourselves of our alforjas. 1914 Outing June 314/1 It will fit nicely into an alforja, which measures usually about 24 x 16 x 8 inches. 1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy viii. 155 All or a part of the parcels might have been stuffed into ‘alforjas’, which were wide, leathern or canvas bags..hanging from crosses on the saddle's top. 1982 L. Green Boundary Hunters vii. 148 Each pack-horse carried a load of about 250 pounds, much of it in alforjas. †2. The cheek pouch of a baboon or other monkey. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > parts of alforja1678 1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd iii. iii. 42 You have had your time, and must now live upon your Alforges; like a great Monkey chew the Cud, for you must be a clean Beast in spight of your teeth. a1704 T. Brown Highlander in Wks. (1707) I. i. 159 As Monkeys their Alforges stuff with Nuts. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xviii. 153 A great bag of loose skin hanging down on each side in wrinkles, like the alforjas of a baboon. 1808 J. Bell Princ. Surg. III. i. vii. 279 You distinguished the connection of these abscesses with the throat..by the fellow blowing up the two bags at will, till they resembled the alforges of a baboon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1608
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