单词 | ostleress |
释义 | † ostleressn. Obsolete. A female ostler. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > groom palfreyman1297 horse-knavec1300 palfreyour1301 hostlera1450 ostlerc1449 stable groomc1485 palfrenier1490 equerry1552 jack-boy1562 horse-boy1563 custrel1577 ostleress1639 saddle nag1647 syce1650 groom1667 pad-groom1743 stable-boy1745 stableman1745 mehtar1828 strapper1828 lad1848 stable-lad1856 mafoo1863 ostler boy1864 swipe1929 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. iv. 5 Jews and Pagans slander her to have been stabularia, an Ostleresse or a she-stable-groom. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 22 A plump-arm'd Ostleress and a stable wench Came running at the call, and help'd us down. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ii. 21 Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1639 |
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