单词 | ambler |
释义 | amblern. 1. A horse or other quadruped that is inclined to go at an amble (amble n. 1), esp. in preference to trotting. More generally: a horse or other quadruped that moves at a slow, easy, or leisurely pace. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass > mule > having particular characteristics or bred in particular place amblerc1405 Missouri mule1908 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > amble > that ambles hobbyc1400 amblerc1405 hobby-horse1598 pad-horse1626 pad-nag1654 pad mare1701 pad1832 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 471 Vp on an Amblere [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 aumbelere] esily she sat. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 619 He bestrode a soffte ambular and rode to kynge Marke. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) xxvii. 521 The childe lepte vpon an ambeler. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xxxix. 43 An ambler is proper for a Ladies saddle, but not for a coach. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Horse The Ambler is a little unapt to it [sc. galloping], because the motions are both one. 1822 tr. M. Dobrizhoffer Acct. Abipones I. 225 If the mother be an ambler.., the colt will generally prove an ambler also. 1967 Sputnik Monthly Digest Nov. 88/2 Ahead were about ten horses going at a pace the ambler could not hope to match. 2001 N. M. Brown Good Horse has no Color 81 An ambler..would be ridden by ladies or noblemen or knights not in armor. 2. Originally: †a person who trains a horse to go at an amble (amble n. 1) (obsolete). In later use: a person who rides a horse at an amble (now rare).Recorded earliest in horse-ambler. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [noun] > at an easy pace ambler1607 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice (title page) Whether he be Horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, Coachman, Smith, or Sadler. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman 135 The owner of which Nagge delivered him to an Ambler to pace. 1720 E. R. Experienc'd Farrier (ed. 4) i. 57 Another (and he calls himself the Master-Ambler of all Amblers) affirms, there is no true way of making an Horse to amble, but by the Hand only. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xix. 280 The Ambler had rid the Horse into the cold Water. 1888 Punch 22 Dec. 298/2 Then, ye park-pad amblers, safe went ye, fast or slow, Ere..Asphalte was all the go. 1933 Illustr. London News 11 Feb. 200/1 Your Paul Reveres and Dick Turpins become mere Rotten Row amblers by the side of Mr. Tschiffely. 3. A person who ambles (amble v. 2a). ΚΠ 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations Ep. Ded. sig. A3 The Odcombyan Deambulator, Perambulator, Ambler, Trotter, or vn-tyred Traueller, Sir Thomas Coriat. 1649 Duke of Newcastle Varietie i. 7 in Country Captaine You being a quotidian ambler upon impertinent visits, must needs gleane the secrets of the court and state. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 106 The ambler took Miss Podsnap for a furniture walk. 1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 319 Quite a few of the amblers and hurriers and sprawlers in these airports were sporting copies of Amelior Regained. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1405 |
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