| 单词 | gamble joint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgamble joint 1. = gambrel n. 2. Also more fully gamble joint. Now regional and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > hock cambrel?1523 hock1540 gambrel1601 gamble1703 chambrel1704 1703 London Gaz. No. 3970/4 Has had the Farcy on the near Leg behind..and has had a great Sore on that gamble Joynt. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5883/3 White Legs behind almost up to his Gambles. a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 86 Gamble, the hough of a horse. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Gamble, the hock or elbow-joint of a hind-leg. Never applied to the entire leg..nor confined to horses. Properly the word applies to the strong tendon just above the joint. 1941 J. K. Rollinson Pony Trails in Wyoming iii. 37 With one hand, on the hoof or fetlock, and one on the gamble (gambrel). < as lemmas |
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