单词 | riding gelding |
释义 | > as lemmasriding gelding riding gelding n. ΚΠ 1540 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1905) 63 To my daughter..my rydyng gelding. 1606 E. Scott Exact Disc. East Indians sig. Nv Some of them hauing their haire tucked vp like a Cart-horse tayle: but the better sort doe tucke it vp like our riding Geldings tayles. 1769 Amer. Mag. Feb. 54/2 Two riding Geldings for their goodness prais'd. 1849 W. Raynbird & H. Raynbird On Agric. Suffolk 251 The prizes for stock are for the best and second-best Suffolk stallion,..best riding gelding or filly, [etc.]. 1922 H. R. Haggard Virgin of Sun iii. 50 In the stable were two good horses, one a grey riding-gelding and the other a mare. 2008 Carmarthen Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Jan. 30 A 12-year-old riding gelding sold to Metcalfe, Tegryn. < as lemmas |
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