| 单词 | halfshoe |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-shoe half-shoe n. (a) a shoe with an upper that covers only part of a person's foot; (b) a horseshoe covering only one side of a horse's hoof. [Compare German Halbschuh shoe (covering the foot but not the ankle, as opposed to a boot) (1540 or earlier).] Π 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe shoes beynge of suche fashion, that aboue they couer but the toes. 1566 T. Blundeville True Arte Paring & Shooyng xxiv. 9 in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe First pare his toe so short as maye be, and pare the sole somewhat thin, and open the heeles wel, and make him a halfe shoe like a halfe Mone, fashioning & pearcing it lyke vnto the fygure hereafter expressed. 1796 S. Freeman Observ. Mechanism Horse's Foot i. 24 A race horse is so much benefited by the unrestrained power he has of exerting his feet, when only shod with half shoes. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 385 The wedding-dress for the gentleman consisted of a chiton of Milesian wool, a white himation, half-shoes with crimson thongs and clasps of gold. 1973 R. F. Wiseman Compl. Horseshoeing Guide (ed. 2) xi. 232 Small nails, such as No. 4 race-track nails, should be used, with five in each half-shoe. 2001 G. Nix Lirael i. 10 She swung her feet out and felt around with her toes for her half-shoes. half-shoe half-shoe n. (see quot.); (also) a shoe on one side only of a horse's foot. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe shoes beynge of suche fashion, that aboue they couer but the toes. < as lemmas |
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