grulloadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɡruːjəʊ/,

/ˈɡruːl(j)əʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɡruˌjoʊ/,

/ˈɡrulˌjoʊ/,

/ˈɡruˌloʊ/

Forms: 1800s– grullo, 1900s– grulla.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish grullo.

Etymology: < Mexican Spanish grullo (noun) grey horse, (adjective, of a horse) grey (1844) < grulla crane (14th cent.; 13th-14th cent. as gruya; c1106 as grua) < classical Latin grūs crane (see Grus n.).

A. adj.

Designating a horse having a coat of a grey or greyish-tan colour with a darker head and stripe along the back and a dark mane and tail.

ΚΠ

1847 Claim No. 95 26 Feb. in Black Republican Imposture Exposed: Accts. Fremont Examined (1856) 12 1 grullo horse [$]30 00. 1 grullo mare [$]10 00.

1945 J. H. Allen San Juan 24 When Don Juan heard what happened he turned as black and blue as a grulla horse, he was that mad.

1981 Winnipeg Free Press 13 June 36/6 (advt.) Reg'd grullo quarter horse gelding. 3 yrs. old.

2017 A.-M. McLemore Wild Beauty 232 Her hair as dark as a grulla colt's mane.

B. n.

1. A horse with a coat of a grey or greyish-tan colour with a darker head and stripe along the back and a dark mane and tail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > grey or dun horse

dunc1405

greya1500

iron-grey?1530

grizzlea1620

yellow-dun1767

grullo1903

1889 W. H. Davis Sixty Years in Calif. 97 William Rae..put up a mouse-colored horse named Grullo for a race of 600 yards against mine.]

1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy 318 Most of the boys at camp had secured a change of horses, and I caught up my grulla, that I was saving for the last hard ride.

1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) ii. 109 Midafternoon he'd ridden all the horses again and while Rawlins worked with them in the trap he rode the little grullo of Rawlins' choice up into the country.

2017 D. P. Sponenberg & R. Bellone Equine Color Genetics iv. 82 Grullos consistently have black points and also usually have dark or black heads that contrast dramatically with the body color.

2. Grullo colouring (in a horse: see sense A.).

ΚΠ

1921 E. M. Rhodes Stepsons of Light xii. 289 A very peculiar shade of grullo—a sleek glossy, velvety blue.

1990 L. D. Van Vleck in J. W. Evans et al. Horse (ed. 2) xiii. 473 The basic modifications of black are bay, seal brown, buckskin, dun, grulla, and perlino.

2009 F. Lynghaug Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide 104/1 Tarpans were small primitive horses from Eastern Europe that were mostly grullo with a dorsal strip and had black manes and tails.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grullo
释义	grulloadj.n. Brit. /ˈɡruːjəʊ/, /ˈɡruːl(j)əʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡruˌjoʊ/, /ˈɡrulˌjoʊ/, /ˈɡruˌloʊ/ Forms: 1800s– grullo, 1900s– grulla. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish grullo. Etymology: < Mexican Spanish grullo (noun) grey horse, (adjective, of a horse) grey (1844) < grulla crane (14th cent.; 13th-14th cent. as gruya; c1106 as grua) < classical Latin grūs crane (see Grus n.). A. adj. Designating a horse having a coat of a grey or greyish-tan colour with a darker head and stripe along the back and a dark mane and tail. ΚΠ 1847 Claim No. 95 26 Feb. in Black Republican Imposture Exposed: Accts. Fremont Examined (1856) 12 1 grullo horse [$]30 00. 1 grullo mare [$]10 00. 1945 J. H. Allen San Juan 24 When Don Juan heard what happened he turned as black and blue as a grulla horse, he was that mad. 1981 Winnipeg Free Press 13 June 36/6 (advt.) Reg'd grullo quarter horse gelding. 3 yrs. old. 2017 A.-M. McLemore Wild Beauty 232 Her hair as dark as a grulla colt's mane. B. n. 1. A horse with a coat of a grey or greyish-tan colour with a darker head and stripe along the back and a dark mane and tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > grey or dun horse dunc1405 greya1500 iron-grey?1530 grizzlea1620 yellow-dun1767 grullo1903 1889 W. H. Davis Sixty Years in Calif. 97 William Rae..put up a mouse-colored horse named Grullo for a race of 600 yards against mine.] 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy 318 Most of the boys at camp had secured a change of horses, and I caught up my grulla, that I was saving for the last hard ride. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) ii. 109 Midafternoon he'd ridden all the horses again and while Rawlins worked with them in the trap he rode the little grullo of Rawlins' choice up into the country. 2017 D. P. Sponenberg & R. Bellone Equine Color Genetics iv. 82 Grullos consistently have black points and also usually have dark or black heads that contrast dramatically with the body color. 2. Grullo colouring (in a horse: see sense A.). ΚΠ 1921 E. M. Rhodes Stepsons of Light xii. 289 A very peculiar shade of grullo—a sleek glossy, velvety blue. 1990 L. D. Van Vleck in J. W. Evans et al. Horse (ed. 2) xiii. 473 The basic modifications of black are bay, seal brown, buckskin, dun, grulla, and perlino. 2009 F. Lynghaug Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide 104/1 Tarpans were small primitive horses from Eastern Europe that were mostly grullo with a dorsal strip and had black manes and tails. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1847
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