| 单词 | master of foxhounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaster of foxhounds d. In the title of a person who owns or controls a pack of hounds, esp. the member of a hunt who is designated to supervise the kennels and hunting arrangements, as master of beagles, master of buckhounds, master of foxhounds, master of harriers, etc., or with the designation of a particular pack of hounds. Also simply as master (when the role may be understood from the context). Occasionally in extended use.The Master of the Buckhounds was formerly accounted one of the four great offices of the British royal household, but by the mid 19th cent. the post had become largely ceremonial, and it was abolished in 1901. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > master of hounds huntsman1600 field master1648 huntsmaster1691 Common Hunt1700 master1781 skirter1827 1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 167/2 William Brocas Squyer, Maister of your Bukhounds. 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 354/1 The Office of Maister of the Herthunds. a1652 R. Brome Queen & Concubine ii. iii. 31 in Five New Playes (1659) What for him? my Ladies Game-keeper, that understands nothing but Monkeyes, Parrots, short-nos'd Dogs and Starlings; Master of her Majesties Foisting-hounds. 1660 R. Wild Iter Boreale 6 Let the State-Huntsmen beat again,—So-ho, Cries Lambert, Master of the Hounds. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. v. 97 The Master of the Pack was just arrived, or, as the Sportsmen call it, Come in, when Adams set out. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Progress of Error 114 He takes the field, the master of the pack Cries—‘Well done, saint!’ and claps him on the back. 1845 S. Terry Diaries of Dummer (1934) v. 195 It was remarked that some Masters of Hounds might say that they had previously known of donkeys in the hunting-field! 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 101 The master of a pack of foxhounds, staghounds, or even of harriers, ought [etc.]. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xxviii. 147 Sir Ralph has the hounds, and is a very good master. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 394/2 It is the master's duty to say what covers are to be drawn. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 38/1 The master of the buckhounds, who is also one of the ministry, ranks next to him [sc. the master of the horse]. 1899 T. M. Ellis Three Cat's-eye Rings 29 The master of the Storr-hinton beagles. 1930 C. Frederick et al. Fox-hunting vii. 96 When a Master of Foxhounds starts to breed a pack [etc.]. 1955 Times 5 Aug. 10/4 His hounds were..well thought of, and..much used, by contemporary Masters of Hounds. 1996 R. Drewe Drowner (1998) 218 As a boy he'd ridden to hounds with his uncle, the master of the Meath hunt. < as lemmas |
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