| 单词 | liberty of the tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliberty of the tongue 7. More fully liberty of the tongue. An upward curve in the mouthpiece of a horse's bit; = port n.3 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit > parts of cannon?1561 cheek?1561 port?1561 player1566 upset mouth1566 rowel1590 mouth1607 upset1607 liberty1667 mouthpiece1728 top-roll1728 cheekpiece1864 branch1884 bit-maker1902 1667 Duke of Newcastle New Method to dress Horses iv. 344 The Apuy must be made in the True place, where it ought to be, which is about Ones Little Fingers breadth beyond the Liberty, on both sides of the Bitt. 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman i. lxxxi. 225 A Gorge de Pigeon, or Canon mouth with the Liberty after the form of a Pigeons Neck; whose liberty will a little disengage his Tongue. 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. i. at Bitt Several other sorts [of bit-mouth]; all with different Liberties for the Tongue, or without Liberty. 1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship i. v. 17 The mouth-piece should have a liberty for the tongue, so that the bit may take effect upon the bars of the mouth. The size of this liberty, or port as it is called, should depend upon the size of the tongue of the horse. 1900 F. Rogers Man. Coaching (1901) xv. 361 The mouth-piece usually has the form shown in Fig. 88, B, with a port or liberty of the tongue. < as lemmas |
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