单词 | hip-down |
释义 | > as lemmaship-down hip-down n. and adj. now rare (a) n. the condition (in a horse) of having the point of one hip appearing lower than that of the other, resulting from fracture of the anterior spine of the ilium; (b) adj. (of a horse) having this condition; = down in the hip at Phrases 4, hip-shot adj. 1. ΚΠ 1866 W. Walker Youatt's Horse (rev. ed.) xxi. 449 It [sc. the bone] assumes a different position, producing various degrees of deformity, and constitutes what is termed ‘hip down’. 1886 G. Fleming Pract. Horse Keeper 240 A horse with a broken point of the hip is called ‘hip-down’. 1925 J. Fairfax-Blakeborough Malton Memories xii. 294 Hip down or not Hambletonian beat Mr. Cookson's Diamond over the Beacon Course at Newmarket. 1963 A. L. Anderson & J. J. Kiser Introd. Animal Sci. xxxvi. 695 A fracture of the prominence of the hip and a falling away in that area is known as ‘hipdown’. 2014 H. Tapper Equine Lore 702/1 Hip Down, when viewed from behind one hip appears to have dropped lower than the other, wasted muscle can be noticed on the lower side. < as lemmas |
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