单词 | hobday |
释义 | hobdayv. transitive. To operate on (a horse) in order to improve its breathing. Chiefly as vbl. n., ˈhobdaying n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > practise veterinary medicine and surgery [verb (transitive)] > give specific treatment > to horse discord1566 rake1566 stop1577 fire1607 unsole1805 mallein1915 hobday1938 tube1969 1938 F. T. G. Hobday 50 Years Vet. Surgeon iv. 55 I contributed considerably to the successful establishment of an operation now familiarly known..as being ‘Hobdayed’. 1958 J. Hislop From Start to Finish 171 Hobdaying, an operation to help the breathing of horses who are wrong in the wind, but not by putting a tube in their throat. 1963 Times 2 Mar. 3/4 A wind infirmity handicapped King of Saba last year and he has now been hobdayed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1938 |
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