单词 | herd-boy |
释义 | herd-boyn. 1. A boy who acts as a herd or assists a herd. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > herding > herdsman or woman herdc725 herdmanc1000 lookera1225 tripherd1305 hogger1327 pastorc1400 pastorelc1440 leader1495 pasture-man1547 herd-maid1588 herdsman1603 pastoral1607 feeder1611 creaght1634 herder1635 keep1641 creaghter1653 town herd1760 herd-boy1799 stock-keeper1806 senn1826 herd-girla1856 herd-laddie1865 pastoralist1879 1799 W. Wordsworth Danish Boy 19 Nor piping shepherd shall he be, Nor herd-boy of the wood. 1825 J. Banim & M. Banim Tales by O'Hara Family 1st Ser. II. 121 The herdsboy's whistle faintly echoed. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 162 Ossian began life as a herd~boy in Glen Shin. 2. A man or ‘boy’ engaged in tending a herd of cattle, a cow-boy. U.S., South African, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd cowherda1000 oxherd1281 geldherd1284 nowtherd1296 neatherd1301 drover1384 catcherc1400 caller?a1500 ox-boy1580 neatress1586 harrier1591 cowherdess1611 spurn-cow1614 neatherdess1648 cowgirl1753 herds-woman1818 oxman1820 ranchero1825 topsman1825 vaquero1826 herdsmaiden1829 overlander1841 cattle-herd1845 cowboy1849 buckaroo1852 stock-rider1862 pointer1869 night-herder1870 puncher1870 bull-puncher1872 outrider1872 cowpuncher1873 range man1875 cow-puncher1878 herd-boy1878 cow-girl1884 trail-herd1885 trail boss1890 nighthawk1903 point man1903 swing man1903 top hand1912 charro1926 waddy1927 cattle-puncher1928 cowpoke1928 paniolo1947 1878 J. Macdonald Food from Far West vi. 45 The herd-boys—men on horseback—go through the ranges and gather the cattle into ‘pens’. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 25 June 5/1 Cattle have been captured and fourteen herdboys killed. The defenders have formed a laager. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1799 |
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