单词 | hurdle-man |
释义 | > as lemmashurdle-man hurdle-man n. (a) a man who looks after hurdled sheep or lambs (see quot. 1880); (b) a man who runs in hurdle-races. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > type of sheep-reeve1450 page1590 shepherdling1605 under-shepherda1640 lad1717 lamber1809 mayoral1879 hurdle-man1880 motherer1890 rouser1896 rousie1906 boundary-keeper1933 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > hurdling or steeplechasing > hurdler or steeplechaser hurdle-man1880 hurdler1884 steeplechaser1887 1880 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland 459 ‘Toothless, ragged, old grannies’, muttered the hurdleman. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 May 3/1 H. W. Batger is our hurdle man, and he won the 120 yards hurdle championship first in 1888. < as lemmas |
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