单词 | hog mane |
释义 | hog manen. A hogged mane (see hog v.1 3). Also: a mane that stands erect. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > coat > mane or types of maneeOE hog mane1764 roach mane1781 encolure1855 1764 Stolen Horses 8 Nov. in H. Bouquet Papers (1940) Ser. 21654. 150 1 Small Bay Hors, with a Hog Mane. 1767 Boston Post-boy & Advertiser 12 Oct. Strayed or Stolen, a large Brown Horse, Hogg Mein, bob Tail, &c. 1804 C. Smith Conversat. I. 137 Your poney..with his new bridle and his hog mane. 1856 C. Lanman Adventures Wilds U.S. II. App. 506 From behind the [moose's] ears down the short neck and part of the back runs a hog mane composed of bristles nearly a foot in length. 1888 Times 22 Aug. 14/4 I did not bring the strawberry roan..here; all I brought was one with a hog mane. 1904 B. C. A. Windle Remains Prehist. Age Eng. iii. 58 An incised head of a horse with a hog-mane, the only work of art of the madelainean type found in England. 1973 Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 14 The Przewalski, whose primitive characteristics include a hog mane and mealy muzzle, is the only true horse now living in a wild state in the Gobi Desert. 2006 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 3 Apr. 6 I recall the ponies were Romulus, a chestnut; Scooter, a bay with a hog mane; Beauty, who was, naturally, black [etc.]. Derivatives ˈhog-maned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type mane black-maned1705 hog-maned1793 1793 Times 19 Sept. 1/1 To be Sold, a Pair of handsome Bay cropped Poneys, 13 Hands high, Hog Maned, six Years old. 1883 M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune II. 201 A fine display of hog-maned ponies. 2001 G. McCaughrean Kite Rider (2002) 115 The point of his whip pointed out the dozen Tartar homes, brown and shapeless as molehills, where the hog-maned horses stood about in hobbles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1764 |
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