单词 | pin-horse |
释义 | pin-horsen. English regional. Now rare. The middle horse in a team of three draught horses, or the third horse in a team of four, harnessed one behind the other. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > team of three > member of leader1699 pin-horse1877 flanker1879 pin1879 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 193/1 Pin-horse, the middle horse in a team. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Pin-horse, the middle horse in a team. They are the vore 'oss (leader), pin-'oss, and sharper (wheeler). 1962 A. Jobson Window in Suffolk v. 87 The horse-teams usually consisted of the ‘forhust’ (fore-horse), ‘lash-hoss’, ‘pin-hoss’, and ‘shaft-hoss’ or ‘filla’, sometimes referred to as a ‘thiller’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877 |
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