单词 | galloping |
释义 | gallopingn. The action of gallop v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gallop wallopingc1440 gallop1523 full gallop1569 gallopinga1616 gallop-rake1653 tantivya1658 stretching gallop1815 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > rapidly > galloping walloping1686 galloping1890 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 156 I did heare The gallopping of Horse. Who was't came by? View more context for this quotation a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 93 His [sc. Pegasus'] days of galloping are ended, Unless I with the spur do prick him. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 251 Others fancied that they heard the galloping of horses over their heads. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 101 Galloping about there was..but often the rides were long, weary, and unexciting. Compounds attributive as galloping country, galloping sound; galloping sketch n. a sketch of a locality made after a rapid ride through it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > rough or preliminary skiagraphy1594 model1613 shadow1656 sketch1668 cartoona1684 schizzo1686 ébauche1722 scratch1752 croquis1805 galloping sketch1834 pochade1846 abbozzo1849 scribbling1863 thumbnail sketch1900 under-drawing1934 bozzetto1935 pensiero1959 1812 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) I. 110 For the first twelve miles we proceeded slowly, although over very fine galloping country. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 103 There was a distant rustling among the withered leaves, a bouncing or galloping sound on the path. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 232 Even galloping sketches have their uses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). gallopingadj. a. That gallops, in senses of the verb galloping consumption n. a consumptive disease which makes rapid progress. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > specific pace of riding Canterbury pace1636 galloping1642 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > galloping walloping?a1400 galloping1642 pounding1904 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xv. 194 For the Italians have a Proverb, that a galloping horse is an open sepulcher. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 37 The King..pursued the Duke, not only with a galloping Army, but with Edicts and Prescriptions. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 130 Having for many months laboured under a Galloping Consumption and made use of diverse Physicians in vain. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3336/4 Stole..a bright bay Mare..a true Yorkshire galloping Breed. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. iii. 64 The father in full vigour, the son in a galloping consumption. b. galloping nun n. (see quot. 1715; Milton's allusion is obscure). ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 16 Our Liturgie hath run up and downe the world like an English gallopping Nun, proffering her selfe, but wee heare of none yet that bids money for her. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 152 Having espous'd one of the Countessess of Mansfield, who had been a Chanoness or Dame of the Monastery of Girrisheim, a Temporal Religious Pensioner, or what is vulgarly call'd a Galloping-Nun, without any Votes [i.e. vows]. c. Military. galloping carriage = ‘galloper carriage’; see galloper n. 5. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] stock1496 carriage1562 sea-carriage1669 gun-carriage1769 devil carriage1794 devil-cart1797 sleigh1797 galloper carriage1802 garrison-carriage1872 galloping carriage1883 1883 Daily News 27 July 2/1 A ‘galloping carriage’ designed by Lord C. Beresford to carry a Nordenfeldt gun. Compounds † galloping-like adj. Obsolete having the appearance of a good galloper. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > galloping > looking like a good galloper galloping-like1711 1711 London Gaz. No. 4839/4 Lost, or Stole..a strait, young, gallopping-like bay Mare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.a1616adj.1641 |
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