poleyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊli/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊli/, Irish English

/ˈpoʊli/, Australian English

/ˈpoʊli/

Forms: 1800s polley, 1800s powley (English regional (Kent)), 1800s– poley, 1800s– polly, 1800s– poly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poll n.⁴, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < poll n.⁴ + -y suffix¹. With the adjective compare earlier poll adj. 3, polled adj.¹ 3.

Australian, English regional, and Irish English.

A. adj.

1. Of a cow, bullock, etc.: hornless, polled. Also figurative: (of a cup, etc.) handleless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having horns > not having horns

hornless1398

unhorned1570

polled1577

mugged1588

notted1591

poll1732

poley1827

mulled1835

akeratophorous1856

butt-headed1873

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns > having no horns

hummelc1540

dodder1614

doddeda1642

hummelled1788

poley1827

muley1885

1827 Sydney Gaz. 17 Aug. 4/6 Drove away from the run of Mr M. J. Gibbons..a red poley cow, branded with a G.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xxix If it had been any other beast which knocked me down but that poley heifer, I should have been hurt!

1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 18 Mar. 331/2 Almost every one seems to have an objection to poley or snail-horned rams.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxviii. 233 A couple of dirty knives and forks, a pair of cracked plates, two poley cups and chipped saucers.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 282 Angus heifers and polly bullocks of immaculate pedigree.

1997 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 34 Some time ago, a lady wrote to me saying that a man had once ridden a ‘poley bull’ through Wagga.

2. Horse Riding. Designating a saddle without knee-pads or without a pommel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > types of saddle

chamberedc1540

upper-flapped1850

McClellan1864

centre-fire1904

poley1930

1930 A. E. Yarra Vanishing Horsemen 16 Maggie gets the blue-roan, and I'll throw in the old poley saddle for her—and a bridle!

1973 R. Robinson Drift of Things 93 The station-hand whom Ivor was to ride against rode long in the stirrups and used a light ‘Poley’ saddle.

1999 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 21 Oct. 20 He leaned back in the saddle, one hand stretched backward on to the mare's rump, the other rested on the pommel of his poly saddle.

B. n.

1. A hornless or polled cow, bullock, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > with specific features

spark1798

poley1843

mickey1876

snaily1884

mick1894

1843 Sydney Morning Herald 16 Aug. 3/4 A return of all the sheep, horned cattle (not forgetting the poleys) horses, and pigs in the colony.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxviii. 234 A cup was broken, and another, also a poley, was put in its stead.

1914 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Dec. 13/2 And bullicks—they invariably had a bald-face poley that once shifted two ton.

1976 C. D. Mills Hobble, Chains & Greenhide 138 ‘That slab-sided poly’, indicating a poor-quality beast moving almost under Laddie's nose.

1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 139/2 Polly, cow without horns.

2. Horse Riding. A saddle without knee-pads or without a pommel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle

mail-saddle1360

trotter-saddle1381

panel1393

loadsaddle1397

packsaddle1398

limber-saddle1480

pillion1480

side-saddle1493

steel saddle1503

pilgate1511

mail pillowc1532

stock-saddle1537

pad1556

sunk1568

trunk-saddle1569

soda1586

mail pillion1586

running saddle1596

Scotch saddle1596

postilion saddle1621

pad-saddle1622

portmanteau-saddle1681

watering saddle1681

cart-saddle1692

demi-pique1695

crook-saddle1700

saddle pad1750

recado1825

aparejo1844

mountain saddle1849

somerset1851

pilch1863

cowboy saddle1880

sawbuck (pack)saddle1881

western saddle1883

cross-saddle1897

centre-fire1921

McClellan1940

poley1957

1957 R. S. Porteous Brigalow 31 The king poley was a nice deep-seated saddle in good condition.

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) iii. 67 Another type of saddle is the poley. This is a saddle without kneepads—‘like a poley bull without horns’.

1975 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 26 Jan. 15/1 My own poley had had its day... Good second-hand saddles were not easy to come by.

2004 Townsville Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 May 25 Self-respecting stockmen dismiss any other saddles, no matter how grand and no matter how showy, as self-ejecting poleys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	poley
释义	poleyadj.n. Brit. /ˈpəʊli/, U.S. /ˈpoʊli/, Irish English /ˈpoʊli/, Australian English /ˈpoʊli/ Forms: 1800s polley, 1800s powley (English regional (Kent)), 1800s– poley, 1800s– polly, 1800s– poly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poll n.⁴, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < poll n.⁴ + -y suffix¹. With the adjective compare earlier poll adj. 3, polled adj.¹ 3. Australian, English regional, and Irish English. A. adj. 1. Of a cow, bullock, etc.: hornless, polled. Also figurative: (of a cup, etc.) handleless. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having horns > not having horns hornless1398 unhorned1570 polled1577 mugged1588 notted1591 poll1732 poley1827 mulled1835 akeratophorous1856 butt-headed1873 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns > having no horns hummelc1540 dodder1614 doddeda1642 hummelled1788 poley1827 muley1885 1827 Sydney Gaz. 17 Aug. 4/6 Drove away from the run of Mr M. J. Gibbons..a red poley cow, branded with a G. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xxix If it had been any other beast which knocked me down but that poley heifer, I should have been hurt! 1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 18 Mar. 331/2 Almost every one seems to have an objection to poley or snail-horned rams. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxviii. 233 A couple of dirty knives and forks, a pair of cracked plates, two poley cups and chipped saucers. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 282 Angus heifers and polly bullocks of immaculate pedigree. 1997 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 34 Some time ago, a lady wrote to me saying that a man had once ridden a ‘poley bull’ through Wagga. 2. Horse Riding. Designating a saddle without knee-pads or without a pommel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > types of saddle chamberedc1540 upper-flapped1850 McClellan1864 centre-fire1904 poley1930 1930 A. E. Yarra Vanishing Horsemen 16 Maggie gets the blue-roan, and I'll throw in the old poley saddle for her—and a bridle! 1973 R. Robinson Drift of Things 93 The station-hand whom Ivor was to ride against rode long in the stirrups and used a light ‘Poley’ saddle. 1999 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 21 Oct. 20 He leaned back in the saddle, one hand stretched backward on to the mare's rump, the other rested on the pommel of his poly saddle. B. n. 1. A hornless or polled cow, bullock, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > with specific features spark1798 poley1843 mickey1876 snaily1884 mick1894 1843 Sydney Morning Herald 16 Aug. 3/4 A return of all the sheep, horned cattle (not forgetting the poleys) horses, and pigs in the colony. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxviii. 234 A cup was broken, and another, also a poley, was put in its stead. 1914 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Dec. 13/2 And bullicks—they invariably had a bald-face poley that once shifted two ton. 1976 C. D. Mills Hobble, Chains & Greenhide 138 ‘That slab-sided poly’, indicating a poor-quality beast moving almost under Laddie's nose. 1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 139/2 Polly, cow without horns. 2. Horse Riding. A saddle without knee-pads or without a pommel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle mail-saddle1360 trotter-saddle1381 panel1393 loadsaddle1397 packsaddle1398 limber-saddle1480 pillion1480 side-saddle1493 steel saddle1503 pilgate1511 mail pillowc1532 stock-saddle1537 pad1556 sunk1568 trunk-saddle1569 soda1586 mail pillion1586 running saddle1596 Scotch saddle1596 postilion saddle1621 pad-saddle1622 portmanteau-saddle1681 watering saddle1681 cart-saddle1692 demi-pique1695 crook-saddle1700 saddle pad1750 recado1825 aparejo1844 mountain saddle1849 somerset1851 pilch1863 cowboy saddle1880 sawbuck (pack)saddle1881 western saddle1883 cross-saddle1897 centre-fire1921 McClellan1940 poley1957 1957 R. S. Porteous Brigalow 31 The king poley was a nice deep-seated saddle in good condition. 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) iii. 67 Another type of saddle is the poley. This is a saddle without kneepads—‘like a poley bull without horns’. 1975 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 26 Jan. 15/1 My own poley had had its day... Good second-hand saddles were not easy to come by. 2004 Townsville Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 May 25 Self-respecting stockmen dismiss any other saddles, no matter how grand and no matter how showy, as self-ejecting poleys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1827
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