| 单词 | quarter-bred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-bred quarter-bred adj. and n. (a) adj. of an animal: that is one quarter descended from a particular stock or pedigree; (b) n. New Zealand = quarterback n. 3 (also attributive or as adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > quarterback quarter-bred1852 comeback1883 quarterback1891 1852 F. L. Olmsted Walks & Talks of Amer. Farmer in Eng. xx. 175 Experience has taught the dairy-men to prefer half or quarter bred stock to full bloods of any breed. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) (at cited word) Quarter-bred,..having only one-fourth good blood: said of horses, cattle, &c. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xviii. 259 In 1890, the better portion of the greasy quarter-bred wool fetched 1s. 2½d. a1948 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 370 Comeback, a sheep three-quarters merino and one quarter long wool..but in New Zealand I think these sheep are often called quarterbreds or quarterbacks. 2001 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 8 July b4 From her childhood, Myers' interests revolved around horses. She raised Arabian and quarter-bred horses. < as lemmas |
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