| 单词 | jockey-stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjockey-stick jockey-stick n. U.S. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > for connecting animals tugwithe?1523 coupling-strapa1732 incatenation1762 coupling-reins1795 ox-riem1817 trek-tow1822 butt chain1857 trek chain1878 jockey-stick1887 1887 E. B. Custer Tenting on Plains xii. 352 [In driving a prairie schooner] a small hickory stick, about five feet long, called the jockey-stick, not unlike a rake-handle, is stretched between a pilot [mule] and his mate. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl x. 140 An iron ‘jockey-stick’ ran from the near leader's harness to the off leader's bit—this pushed or pulled his head as his mate moved in answer to the ‘jerk line’. 1968 R. F. Adams Western Words (rev. ed.) Jockey stick, in freighting, a hickory stick,..stretched between a pilot mule or horse and its mate. < as lemmas |
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