half huntern.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːf ˈhʌntə/,

/ˈhɑːf ˌhʌntə/, U.S.

/ˌhæf ˈhən(t)ər/,

/ˈhæf ˌhən(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., hunter n.

Etymology: < half adj. + hunter n.

†1. A type of riding whip, apparently a smaller version of the hunter (hunter n. Additions). Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip

wandc1400

rod?a1475

riding rod?a1549

switch1597

quirka1616

whippet1616

shambrier1667

horsewhipa1691

whip-stick1782

lash-whip1787

flogger1789

string1839

nagaika1842

whalebone1842

quirt1845

switcher1847

ash-plant1850

hunting-crop1857

dick1864

bow-whip1890

1738 Daily Gazetteer 28 July To be sold by Auction,..Crop Whips, Hunters and Half Hunters, and very neat Switches.

1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 23 As to the switch, I'll maintain it, that a whole or a half hunter would be more efficacious.

1842 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 39 53 ‘So now for breakfast,’ said the captain, cracking his half-hunter (whip), as a hint..to be expeditious.

2. A pocket watch with a hinged cover in the middle of which a small opening or window allows one to read the time. Cf. hunter n. 4.Frequently (and earliest) as a modifier, as in half hunter pocket watch, half hunter watch.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch

German watch1611

larum watch1619

clock-watch1625

minute watch1660

pendulum watch1664

watch1666

alarm watch1669

finger watch1679

string-watch1686

scout1688

balance-watch1690

hour-watch1697

warming-pan1699

minute pendulum watch1705

jewel watch1711

suit1718

repeater1725

Tompion1727

pendulum spring1728

second-watch1755

Geneva watch1756

cylinder-watch1765

watch-paper1777

ring watch1788

verge watch1792

watch lamp1823

hack1827

bull's-eye1833

vertical watch1838

quarter-repeater1840

turnip1840

hunting-watch1843

minute repeater1843

hunter1851

job watch1851

Geneva1852

watch-lining1856

touch watch1860

musical watch1864

lever1865

neep1866

verge1871

independent seconds watch1875

stem-winder1875

demi-hunter1884

fob-watch1884

three-quarter plate1884

wrist-watch1897

turnip-watch1898

sedan-chair watch1904

Rolex1922

Tank watch1923

strap watch1926

chatelaine watch1936

sedan clock1950

quartz watch1969

pulsar1970

1842 Cambr. Independent Press 23 July Had a silver ‘half-hunter watch, with a small glass about the size of a fardin’.

1857 Derby Mercury 14 Jan. 6/3 His watch was a half hunter.

1923 Daily Mail 26 June 15/7 (advt.) Gentleman's Half Hunter Pocket Watch with high-grade Swiss Lever Movement.

1927 M. S. Maugham in C. Asquith Black Cap 288 I told you that Bronson's watch and chain had been taken... It was a half-hunter.

2019 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Watches & Jewellery section) 7 She spent her winnings on a silver half hunter, a pocket watch with a glass panel in the outer casing that allows the wearer to see the hands.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half hunter
释义	half huntern. Brit. /ˌhɑːf ˈhʌntə/, /ˈhɑːf ˌhʌntə/, U.S. /ˌhæf ˈhən(t)ər/, /ˈhæf ˌhən(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., hunter n. Etymology: < half adj. + hunter n. †1. A type of riding whip, apparently a smaller version of the hunter (hunter n. Additions). Obsolete. ΘΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip wandc1400 rod?a1475 riding rod?a1549 switch1597 quirka1616 whippet1616 shambrier1667 horsewhipa1691 whip-stick1782 lash-whip1787 flogger1789 string1839 nagaika1842 whalebone1842 quirt1845 switcher1847 ash-plant1850 hunting-crop1857 dick1864 bow-whip1890 1738 Daily Gazetteer 28 July To be sold by Auction,..Crop Whips, Hunters and Half Hunters, and very neat Switches. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 23 As to the switch, I'll maintain it, that a whole or a half hunter would be more efficacious. 1842 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 39 53 ‘So now for breakfast,’ said the captain, cracking his half-hunter (whip), as a hint..to be expeditious. 2. A pocket watch with a hinged cover in the middle of which a small opening or window allows one to read the time. Cf. hunter n. 4.Frequently (and earliest) as a modifier, as in half hunter pocket watch, half hunter watch. ΘΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1842 Cambr. Independent Press 23 July Had a silver ‘half-hunter watch, with a small glass about the size of a fardin’. 1857 Derby Mercury 14 Jan. 6/3 His watch was a half hunter. 1923 Daily Mail 26 June 15/7 (advt.) Gentleman's Half Hunter Pocket Watch with high-grade Swiss Lever Movement. 1927 M. S. Maugham in C. Asquith Black Cap 288 I told you that Bronson's watch and chain had been taken... It was a half-hunter. 2019 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Watches & Jewellery section) 7 She spent her winnings on a silver half hunter, a pocket watch with a glass panel in the outer casing that allows the wearer to see the hands. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1738
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