单词 | mud horse |
释义 | > as lemmasmud horse mud horse n. British regional a wooden sledge used by shrimpers in the Bristol Channel to transport their catch across mudflats to the shore. ΚΠ 1892 Littell's Living Age 9 Jan. 120/1 The fisherman comes from his poles at low water mounted on his strange mud horse, or mud sleigh. 1985 Vogue July 143/1 The last of a unique species of fisherman pushes his ‘mud-horse’ over the flats at low tide to the shrimping nets. 1989 Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 12/7 A descendant of the medieval pioneers of mud horse fishing claimed yesterday that the ancient way of life was in danger of being lost to the nuclear age. < as lemmas |
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