| 单词 | bang-tail muster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbang-tail muster A (horse's) tail, of which the hair is allowed to grow to a considerable length and then cut horizontally across so as to form a flat even tassel-like end. Also, a horse or other animal (in Australia, esp. cattle) whose tail has been cut in this way; in U.S. slang, any horse, esp. a race-horse; bang-tail muster: in Australia, a round-up of cattle during which the tuft at the end of the tail is cut straight across as the cattle are counted. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > round-up rodeo1819 roundup1847 bang-tail muster1870 rounding up1876 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail > types of broom1600 broom-tail1684 hunting tail1686 rat-tail1705 whip tail1709 flagtail1852 bang-tail1870 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] horsec825 blonkOE brockc1000 mareOE stota1100 caplec1290 foala1300 rouncyc1300 scot1319 caballc1450 jade1553 chival1567 prancer1567 ball1570 pranker1591 roussin1602 wormly1606 cheval1609 sonipes1639 neigher1649 quadruped1660 keffel1699 prad1703 jig1706 hoss1815 cayuse1841 yarraman1848 quad1854 plug1860 bronco1869 gee-gee1869 quadrupedant1870 rabbit1882 gee1887 neddy1887 nanto1889 prod1891 goat1894 skin1918 bang-tail1921 horsy1923 steed- the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse runnera1500 match horse1607 racehorse1607 racer1629 race naga1635 wagoner1859 neddy1887 pony1896 bang-tail1921 1870 Daily News 19 July 6 A good mare with a bang tail. 1887 W. S. S. Tyrwhitt New Chum in Queensland Bush iii. 61 Every third or fourth year on a cattle station, they have what is called a ‘bang tail muster’; that is to say, all the cattle are brought into the yards, and have the long hairs at the end of the tail cut off square, with knives or sheep-shears... The object of it is, to..find out the actual number of cattle on the run. 1921 Collier's 27 Aug. 20/2 If by some miracle the bangtail wins—beat it! 1927 M. M. Bennett Christison of Lammermoor xxv. 223 In a bang-tail muster each animal was put through the yards and counted, the tip of hair on its tail being cut off square. < as lemmas |
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