单词 | high-blowing |
释义 | high-blowingn. With reference to a horse: the action or habit of breathing loudly, esp. during physical exertion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > (horse given to) blowing high blower1817 high-blowing1831 1831 W. Youatt Horse xxi. 362 Roaring, Wheezing, Whistling, High-blowing, and Grunting, being the result of alteration of structure or disease in some of the air passages. 1891 M. H. Hayes Vet. Notes for Horse Owners (ed. 4) xi. 304 Highblowing is not a disease, but is simply produced by the flapping of the horse's nostrils when he expels air quickly from his lungs. 1913 G. Brooke Training Young Horses to Jump vi. 103 High blowing must not be confused with whistling. The former is a noise caused by the air passing through the nostrils, and is more pronounced in some horses than others. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 19 Feb. 48 As Florida Pearl came steaming up the woodchip gallop..he made a funny wheezing noise. ‘They call it high-blowing,’ Willie Mullins, his trainer said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † high-blowingadj. Obsolete. Of a horse: that breathes loudly, esp. during physical exertion. Cf. high blower n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > sucking or blowing high-blowing1837 wind-sucking1844 1837 New Sporting Mag. July 23 There is a sort of companionship in a high blowing oss on the road, which beguiles the tediousness of the weary way. 1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock ii. 35 The high-blowing Humphrey Clinker [sc. a racehorse]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1831adj.1837 |
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