| 单词 | fond plough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfond plough fond plough n. English regional (Yorkshire) (now chiefly historical) an agricultural custom held on Plough Monday (Plough Monday n.) in which farmhands draw a plough from door to door and collect money; (also) the plough used in this custom; = fool plough n. at fool n.1 and adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > accessories fool plough1777 stot-plough1778 fond plough1788 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 329 Fond-plufe: It was formerly a custom, which is not I believe yet laid aside, for the youth of each parish or township to drag a plow from village to village, on Twelfth-day. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 62/1 The inhabitants say, ‘Here's fond-pleeaf cum,’ and give them half-pence, which is spent in a carouse in the evening. 1974 Folk Music Jrnl. 2 353 On Plough Monday (Plowlick Monday) the Fond Plough (Fool Plough, Stot Plough, or White Plough) was dragged by a team of young men known as Plough Stots. < as lemmas |
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