单词 | all-day horse |
释义 | > as lemmasall-day horse all-day horse n. originally and chiefly U.S. (now rare) a horse with good stamina that can be ridden or kept in harness all day. ΚΠ 1846 Cultivator May 152/1 He is considered an ‘all day’ horse, and will without urging trot ten miles an hour. 1888 Overland Monthly Dec. 602/2 For an all-day horse they said he could beat the best animals in the county. 1916 E. Miniter Our Natupski Neighbors iii. 49 Such unwonted journeys, in addition to work in the hay field all day, would ruin anything not an ‘all-day’ horse. < as lemmas |
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