lasson.

Brit.

/ləˈsuː/,

/laˈsuː/,

/ˈlasəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈlæsoʊ/,

/ˈlæsu/,

/læˈsu/

Forms: Also 1800s laso, lazie, lazo.

Etymology: < Spanish lazo (in America pronounced /ˈlaso/) = Old French laz : see lace n. and adj.

Fowler remarked ( Mod. Eng. Usage, 1926, p. 315) ‘lasso is pronounced lasoo´ by those who use it; but the English pronunciation is lă´sō.’ In ed. 2 (1965) Sir E. Gowers changed this to ‘lasso is pronounced lăsoo´ by those who use it, and by most English people too’.

1. A long rope of untanned hide, from 10 to 30 yards in length, having at the end a noose to catch cattle and wild horses; used chiefly in Spanish America.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lasso

lays1726

lash1748

rope1798

lasso1808

lariat1835

slip-noose1837

riata1846

honda1887

loop1907

1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 221 The laço is a long thong of leather, at the end of which they made a sliding noose.]

1808 Narr. Exped. Gen. Craufurd ii. viii. 189 Numbers of these fellows, with the lazie, hovered about us.

1824 W. Bullock Six Months' Residence Mexico 179 It requires the use of a lasso to catch them. This is thrown with great dexterity by every hostler or servant.

1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xix The coil of cordage..is called a lariat, and answers to the laso of South America.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. vi. 86 The California horsemen seldom ride out without the laso; that is to say, a long coil of cord, with a slip noose, with which they are expert, almost to a miracle.

1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1891) xxv. 356 Measuring his distance..as nicely as if he were throwing his lasso.

1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia v. 66 Before it could recover Garcia's lasso whizzed through the air and lighted on its neck.

1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 284 They lay in wait in dark Greene street with their..lassos, and knives.

1966 H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy v. 53 Al was sure a good man with a lasso rope.

figurative.1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 49 In long lassoes..the water flowed full.1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin i. 15 He..hurled Lassoes of dismal smoke around the world.

2. Military. = lasso-harness n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > harness

lasso1847

lasso-harness1847

1847 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 4) 167 The first time they were required to draw by means of the Lasso.

1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §614 Ten men per Troop..are to be equipped with the tackle of the Lasso.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

lasso-man n.

ΚΠ

1808 Proc. Court Martial Lt. Gen. Whitelocke I. 196 Lasso men employed in killing cattle for the troops.

lasso-throw n.

ΚΠ

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liii. 152 A line, with a sort of ‘laso throw’, came from an awkward hand on the deck.

lasso-like adj.

ΚΠ

1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) iv. 58 The inner wall [of the thread-cell] is much stronger, having one extremity open and prolonged into a stout rather fusiform sheath which terminates in a long lasso-like filament.

lasso-throwing adj.

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a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) ii. 11 Man to them was power, and nothing else,—a lasso-throwing machine.

C2.

lasso-cell n. one of the urticating cells of the Cœlenterata, which eject the contained thread in the manner of a lasso.

ΚΠ

1865 E. C. Agassiz & A. Agassiz Seaside Stud. Nat. Hist. 18 The lasso-cells are very formidable weapons.

1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 25 The beautiful sea-anemone..covered in many parts by lasso-cells that hurl out sharp, poisonous darts.

lasso-harness n. a kind of girth placed round a cavalry horse, with a lasso or long rope attached, for use in drawing guns, etc., as an assistance to the draught-horses.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > harness

lasso1847

lasso-harness1847

1847 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 4) 166 Lasso Harness consists of a brown leather circingle, and one trace.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lassov.

Brit.

/ləˈsuː/,

/laˈsuː/,

/ˈlasəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈlæsoʊ/,

/ˈlæsu/,

/læˈsu/

Forms: Also lazo.

Etymology: < lasso n.

1. transitive. To catch with a lasso. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > catch in noose

halter1574

swickle1621

noose1638

lasso1807

1807 Exped. to Buenos Ayres 6 Here and there they ‘lassoed’ the stragglers.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 191 Like the wild horse..lazoed by the South American gauchoes.

1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 80 A man went into the wood and returned with a deer he had lassoed.

1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends II. xxviii. 252 He..crossed the Pampas, catching and lassoing wild horses.

1965 V. B. Carter Winston Churchill xviii. 253 Fisher happened to be at Naples and it seemed a heaven-sent opportunity for lassoing him there and roping him in again.

2. Military. To draw (guns, etc.) with lasso-harness.

ΚΠ

1864 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. The mode of lassoing guns, as practised by the mounted troop of the Royal Engineers.

Derivatives

laˈssoed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [adjective] > snared or trapped

ensnared1643

lured1720

toiled1802

lassoed1881

1881 Darwin in Life & Lett. III. 245 A struggling and lassoed cow.

1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 413 The..neighing of our lassoed horses.

laˈssoing n.

ΚΠ

1838 ‘Texian’ Mexico v. Texas 48 The men were collecting the mules, and when these were driven together, the lassoing began.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 5 May Called in to treat cases of private shooting, stabbing, and lassoing.

laˈssoer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > roping > person

roper1808

lassoer1883

1883 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox On Mexican Mustang xli. 584 Juan Gonzales..is said to be the champion lassoer in the world.

1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 40 The lassoer picks out the unbranded calves, and drags them off to the fire.

1896 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 16/2 The lassoers often manage to take two or three [horses] per man.

laˈssoist n. one who lassoes.

ΚΠ

1906 Daily Chron. 16 May 5/7 There have been lassoists before, but never, perhaps, such a master of the art as Will Rogers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lasso
释义	lasson. Brit. /ləˈsuː/, /laˈsuː/, /ˈlasəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlæsoʊ/, /ˈlæsu/, /læˈsu/ Forms: Also 1800s laso, lazie, lazo. Etymology: < Spanish lazo (in America pronounced /ˈlaso/) = Old French laz : see lace n. and adj. Fowler remarked ( Mod. Eng. Usage, 1926, p. 315) ‘lasso is pronounced lasoo´ by those who use it; but the English pronunciation is lă´sō.’ In ed. 2 (1965) Sir E. Gowers changed this to ‘lasso is pronounced lăsoo´ by those who use it, and by most English people too’. 1. A long rope of untanned hide, from 10 to 30 yards in length, having at the end a noose to catch cattle and wild horses; used chiefly in Spanish America. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lasso lays1726 lash1748 rope1798 lasso1808 lariat1835 slip-noose1837 riata1846 honda1887 loop1907 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 221 The laço is a long thong of leather, at the end of which they made a sliding noose.] 1808 Narr. Exped. Gen. Craufurd ii. viii. 189 Numbers of these fellows, with the lazie, hovered about us. 1824 W. Bullock Six Months' Residence Mexico 179 It requires the use of a lasso to catch them. This is thrown with great dexterity by every hostler or servant. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xix The coil of cordage..is called a lariat, and answers to the laso of South America. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. vi. 86 The California horsemen seldom ride out without the laso; that is to say, a long coil of cord, with a slip noose, with which they are expert, almost to a miracle. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1891) xxv. 356 Measuring his distance..as nicely as if he were throwing his lasso. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia v. 66 Before it could recover Garcia's lasso whizzed through the air and lighted on its neck. 1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 284 They lay in wait in dark Greene street with their..lassos, and knives. 1966 H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy v. 53 Al was sure a good man with a lasso rope. figurative.1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 49 In long lassoes..the water flowed full.1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin i. 15 He..hurled Lassoes of dismal smoke around the world. 2. Military. = lasso-harness n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > harness lasso1847 lasso-harness1847 1847 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 4) 167 The first time they were required to draw by means of the Lasso. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §614 Ten men per Troop..are to be equipped with the tackle of the Lasso. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. lasso-man n. ΚΠ 1808 Proc. Court Martial Lt. Gen. Whitelocke I. 196 Lasso men employed in killing cattle for the troops. lasso-throw n. ΚΠ 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liii. 152 A line, with a sort of ‘laso throw’, came from an awkward hand on the deck. b. lasso-like adj. ΚΠ 1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) iv. 58 The inner wall [of the thread-cell] is much stronger, having one extremity open and prolonged into a stout rather fusiform sheath which terminates in a long lasso-like filament. lasso-throwing adj. ΚΠ a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) ii. 11 Man to them was power, and nothing else,—a lasso-throwing machine. C2. lasso-cell n. one of the urticating cells of the Cœlenterata, which eject the contained thread in the manner of a lasso. ΚΠ 1865 E. C. Agassiz & A. Agassiz Seaside Stud. Nat. Hist. 18 The lasso-cells are very formidable weapons. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 25 The beautiful sea-anemone..covered in many parts by lasso-cells that hurl out sharp, poisonous darts. lasso-harness n. a kind of girth placed round a cavalry horse, with a lasso or long rope attached, for use in drawing guns, etc., as an assistance to the draught-horses. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > harness lasso1847 lasso-harness1847 1847 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 4) 166 Lasso Harness consists of a brown leather circingle, and one trace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lassov. Brit. /ləˈsuː/, /laˈsuː/, /ˈlasəʊ/, U.S. /ˈlæsoʊ/, /ˈlæsu/, /læˈsu/ Forms: Also lazo. Etymology: < lasso n. 1. transitive. To catch with a lasso. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > catch in noose halter1574 swickle1621 noose1638 lasso1807 1807 Exped. to Buenos Ayres 6 Here and there they ‘lassoed’ the stragglers. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 191 Like the wild horse..lazoed by the South American gauchoes. 1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun II. 80 A man went into the wood and returned with a deer he had lassoed. 1891 S. Smiles Publisher & Friends II. xxviii. 252 He..crossed the Pampas, catching and lassoing wild horses. 1965 V. B. Carter Winston Churchill xviii. 253 Fisher happened to be at Naples and it seemed a heaven-sent opportunity for lassoing him there and roping him in again. 2. Military. To draw (guns, etc.) with lasso-harness. ΚΠ 1864 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. The mode of lassoing guns, as practised by the mounted troop of the Royal Engineers. Derivatives laˈssoed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [adjective] > snared or trapped ensnared1643 lured1720 toiled1802 lassoed1881 1881 Darwin in Life & Lett. III. 245 A struggling and lassoed cow. 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 413 The..neighing of our lassoed horses. laˈssoing n. ΚΠ 1838 ‘Texian’ Mexico v. Texas 48 The men were collecting the mules, and when these were driven together, the lassoing began. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 5 May Called in to treat cases of private shooting, stabbing, and lassoing. laˈssoer n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > roping > person roper1808 lassoer1883 1883 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox On Mexican Mustang xli. 584 Juan Gonzales..is said to be the champion lassoer in the world. 1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 40 The lassoer picks out the unbranded calves, and drags them off to the fire. 1896 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 16/2 The lassoers often manage to take two or three [horses] per man. laˈssoist n. one who lassoes. ΚΠ 1906 Daily Chron. 16 May 5/7 There have been lassoists before, but never, perhaps, such a master of the art as Will Rogers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808v.1807
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