单词 | destrier |
释义 | destriern. archaic. A war-horse, a charger. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger courserc1300 destrierc1300 high horsec1380 courierc1400 light horse?1473 stirring horse1477 horse of service1577 warhorse1586 trooper1640 dragooner1642 charging-horse1695 troop-gelding1702 charger1762 war-steed1776 troop-horse1859 α. in contemporary use. β. Historical or archaic. (Chiefly in French spelling.)1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. ii. ii. 9/2 So far into the Thames, as a Horseman, at low Water, riding upon his Destrier into the River, could dart his Lance from him.1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 287 Dexters seem to have been what we should call Chargers.1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. x. 236 Some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my destrier.1845 T. B. Shaw in Blackwood's Mag. 58 146 The Prince pricks along on his faithful destrere.1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 76 The war horses were led by the squires, who always keeping them in their right hand, they were called dextriers.1858 W. Morris Sir Galahad in Poems 51 Needs must roll The proudest destrier sometimes in the dust.1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 175 The knight on his destrier.1894 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. June 214 The Maiden called for her great destrier, But he lashed like a fiend when the Maid drew near.c1300 K. Alis. 801 The Knighttes hunteth after dere, On fote and on destrere. c1300 K. Alis. 4924 The quene may lede Twenty thousande maidens upon destrers. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2356 Sir Gij him smot to Gaier, & feld him doun of his destrer. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 124 To ded þan gon he falle doun of his destrere. c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 202 By hym baiteth his dextrer [v.r. destrer, dester, deistrere, dextrere]. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 87 Faste preking vppon A destrere. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 11 Two esquyers..presented to him right fayr and excellent destriers or horses. c1500 Melusine (1895) xix. 82 Then descended Raymondin fro the destrer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300 |
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