单词 | gelding tools |
释义 | > as lemmasgelding tools General attributive, as gelding knife, gelding tools, etc. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11v Cutting kniues, Gelding tooles, Clipping sheares. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Castradera The cutting, or gelding knife. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. Castradéra, a Gelding-Knife. 1888 W. Day Horse xxx. 417 Nothing will put a stop to this until coercive measures are introduced, and Government inspectors..authorized to condemn all unfit horses to the gelding-knife. 1991 R. R. McCammon Boy's Life ii. iv. 140 Those fellows ever cause you any more trouble,..you let me know. I'll introduce them to my gelding clippers, Eh? 2012 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Jan. 47 For the moment Spirit Of Boom is saved from the gelding knife. < as lemmas |
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