| 单词 | nose net |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnose net nose net n. a net fastened over a horse's nose and mouth, e.g. to stop head-shaking or to keep flies off. ΚΠ 1839 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (new ed.) at Nose-fly Nose-bags or nets are used to protect the horses' noses. 1883 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 6 Jan. 407/2 He calls it a ‘nose net’. It consists of an ordinary bag net, just large enough to encircle the muzzle of a horse... The effect..is to make a horse keep his mouth shut and..to prevent him pulling. 1999 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 27 June (Travel section) 1 There are horse shoes and collars, ox goads and yokes and nose nets used to shoo flies. < as lemmas |
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