单词 | harnessed |
释义 | harnessedadj.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with silver harnessed1426 silver-headed1760 silver-studded1882 silver1898 1426 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 76 A swerd harnesed, a wodeknyf harnesed. 1478 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 20 A harneyste gyrdell. 1538 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 136 One harnest gyrdyll callyd a dymysent blacke sylke. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour armedc1300 wrienc1330 steel-clada1400 armed at (also of) all piecesc1400 harnessedc1460 enarmedc1540 armoured1564 steeled1596 iron-clothed1728 armour-clad1768 hoplomachic1832 well-armoured1852 brazen-mailed1870 pamphract1890 c1460 Launfal 377 Ten well yharneysyth men. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 231/1 Hernyst man, homme darmes. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 132 This harness'd Maske, and vnaduised Reuell. View more context for this quotation 1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters ii. 163 The Ægyptians, until that time, had never seen an harnessed Souldier. 1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman i. 5 Nature..Doe's alwaies leave some tender place unguarded About unmatchable vast harnest Animals. 3. Yoked, in harness. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > yoked yokeda1382 harnessed1483 yokya1593 1483 Cath. Angl. 176/2 Harnessed, faleratus. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 216 The houre before the heauenly harnest teeme Begins his golden progresse in the east. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 56 Join the harness'd coursers to the car. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 154 Hence are the harnessed lions that trail their sovereign's throne. 4. harnessed antelope n. a West African antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus, whose markings present the appearance of a set of small harness. Also called bushbuck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Tragelaphinae > genus Tragelaphus (tragelaph) > Tragelaphus scriptus (bush-buck) guib1774 wood-goat1785 bosch-bok1786 harnessed antelopec1789 wood-deer1812 bush antelope1834 bush-buck1852 bush-goat1865 c1789 Encycl. Brit. IV. 149/1 The scipta or harnessed antelope..has straight horns nine inches long, pointing backwards. 1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 250 The typical harnessed antelopes are small and elegant animals. 1899 H. A. Bryden Great & Small Game Afr. 453 (heading) The bushbucks. Genus Tragelaphus. The harnessed antelopes, or bushbucks,..may be arranged as follows:— A... 1. The Bongo (T. euryceros). 2. The Nyala (T. angasi)... 3. West African Bushbuck (T. gratus). 4. Situtunga (T. Spekei)... 5. Lesser Bushbuck (T. scriptus). The last is represented by several local races. 1960 Times 29 Sept. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. xxi/4 The bushbuck, also called harnessed antelope from the pattern of white stripes on its coat, remains widespread. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1426 |
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