单词 | rack-bone |
释义 | † rack-bonen. Obsolete. A vertebra; esp. (in later use) one of a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [noun] > vertebra of spondylec1400 whirl-bonec1400 vertebre1578 rowel1586 rack1615 rack-bone1615 vertebra1615 verticle1658 segment1846 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 775 The transuerse processes of the racke-bones of the necke. 1656 W. D. tr. J. A. Comenius Gate Lang. Unlocked (1659) 259 The chine or back bone..is made up of four and thirty rack-bones. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. v. 77 The Rack-bones that are between the sixth Vertebra of the Chest, and the middle of the Os sacrum. 1759 J. Reeves Art Farriery (new ed.) 24 The bone called the os sacrum..is joined to the lowest rack-bone of the loins, and to the uppermost bone of the rump. 1831 W. Youatt Horse ix. 153 The other neck, or rack-bones, as they are denominated by the farrier,..are of a strangely irregular shape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1615 |
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