† meaneln.

Forms: 1600s meanel, 1600s meanell.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably related to menil adj. (see discussion at that entry).

Obsolete. rare.

A spot or marking of contrasting colour (esp. red or black) on a horse. Cf. flea-bite n. 3.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > mark or streak > reddish spot

flea-biting1598

meanela1637

flea-bite1681

a1637 G. Markham Compl. Farriar (1639) xiv. 121 If a horse..of any darke colour shall grow gryssel onely about his eye browes,..or any horse of a whitish collour, shall grow meanelld, with either blacke or red meanells [1671 J. Day meanels]..over his bodie, then both are infallible signes of extreame old age.

c1674 T. More in W. W. Skeat Ray's Coll. Eng. Words (1874) 55 Meanels, spots called flea-bits in white-coloured horses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meanel
释义	† meaneln. Forms: 1600s meanel, 1600s meanell. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably related to menil adj. (see discussion at that entry). Obsolete. rare. A spot or marking of contrasting colour (esp. red or black) on a horse. Cf. flea-bite n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > colour or marking > [noun] > mark or streak > reddish spot flea-biting1598 meanela1637 flea-bite1681 a1637 G. Markham Compl. Farriar (1639) xiv. 121 If a horse..of any darke colour shall grow gryssel onely about his eye browes,..or any horse of a whitish collour, shall grow meanelld, with either blacke or red meanells [1671 J. Day meanels]..over his bodie, then both are infallible signes of extreame old age. c1674 T. More in W. W. Skeat Ray's Coll. Eng. Words (1874) 55 Meanels, spots called flea-bits in white-coloured horses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1637
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