| 单词 | ox-fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasox-fence ox-fence n. a strong fence for confining cattle; spec. one consisting of a hedge with a strong guard-rail on one side and (usually) a ditch on the other. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > fence or barrier ward-dyke1561 horngarth1779 ox-fence1811 ox rail1844 oxer1859 skerm1861 1811 R. Frankland in C. Ellis Leicestershire & Quorn Hunt (1951) i. iii. 27 (title of print) Charging an ox-fence. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. ii. iii. §3. 160 Horses and men make light of ox-fences, brooks, or gates in the first frenzy of their charges. 1992 W. A. Wycoff tr. P'an Ch'i-chün in Li Yu-ning Chinese Women through Chinese Eyes xx. 212 Buying suckling pigs, repairing the ox fence or pig pen, transplanting the rice seedlings, and harvesting the grain all required selecting a good day. < as lemmas |
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