| 单词 | light-horse-feed |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight-horse-feed b. An allowance or meal (of corn, oats, etc.) given to a horse, etc. Also Military in short-feed, heavy-horse-feed, light-horse-feed (see quot. 1823). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > rations > [noun] > ration for horses liveryc1440 ration1702 feed1735 1735 T. Sheridan in J. Swift Lett. (1768) IV. 117 I can give your horses..a feed of oats now and then. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xiii. 298 Prepare them [sc. horses] for their Journey by a Feed of Corn. View more context for this quotation 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. A short feed is a portion less than the regulated quantity. Heavy-horse-feed, a larger proportion given to the heavy dragoons, in distinction from Light-horse-feed, which is given to the hussars and the light horse. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 220 One feed of oats in the nose-bag. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. viii. 176 The mare'll do it well..She has had her feed. < as lemmas |
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