| 单词 | loose box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloose box 8. Applied to a stable in which animals are kept ‘loose’ (sense A. 1a) or without being fastened up. So also loose box: a box (box n.2 20) in which the animal is free to move about. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [adjective] > not housed in single stalls loose1813 loose-housed1960 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 54 The reader will have noticed my frequent warm recommendations of the loose stable. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1091 The stables, loose~house (stable or place for a sick horse..&c.),..to be neatly causewayed. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxvii. 354 Gentlemen hunting with the..hounds will find excellent stabling and loose boxes for horses at the Clavering Arms. 1861 G. Greenwood Hints Horsemanship (new ed.) xi. 128 A horse should have a loose standing if possible; if he must be tied in a stall it should be flat. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. ii. 89 Loose boxes for no end of horses. < as lemmas |
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