单词 | ridge-band |
释义 | ridge-bandn. Now rare (English regional in later use). A broad strap or chain passing over a cart saddle, and serving to support the shafts; = backband n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > backband ridgewortha1300 rigtowc1310 ridge ropea1333 rigband1408 ridge-band1418 rigwithy1419 rigwiddie1513 backband?1523 rigwithe1570 back-rope1711 rig-ropea1728 ridger1733 ridge chain1757 straddle-band1901 1418 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 543 (MED) Pipis, Rigeboundes, Bellibondes & Shotyngledders. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dossiere, the part of a draught horses harnesse which runnes ore~crosse his backe, we call it the ridgeband. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Ridge-Band, that part of a Draught-Horse's Harness, which runs a-cross his Back. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. vii. 161 The thill-horse would be spared considerable pressure, which he suffers by their pulling down the ridge-band, c, by which the shafts are supported on his back. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 171 Ridge-band, the chain that passes over the saddle on a horse's back, to connect or support the shafts of a cart or wagon. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Ridge-band, the strong leathern band which goes over the saddle of cart-harness, and holds up the shafts. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 106/2 Generally Ridge-band is a strap for the light harness of a dog-cart or trap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1418 |
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