单词 | on assback |
释义 | > as lemmason (also by) assback assback n. [compare horseback n.] the back of an ass; chiefly in on (also by) assback: mounted on the back of an ass. ΚΠ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 11 Barfote on an asse bakke. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 251 (MED) Þe kyng of Heuen..mekely rod on a sympyll asse-backe. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. v. 74 The way of riding most used in this place is on assback. 1800 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) II. 109 Edith and myself on ass-back. 1941 Life 3 Mar. 18/3 It was 350 miles, mostly by assback. 2000 H. Turtledove Sentry Peak ii. 38 The gray-robed contingent of scholarly-looking men on assback. < as lemmas |
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