| 单词 | rosinback |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrosinback rosinback n. Showmen's slang a horse used by a bareback rider or acrobat (see quot. 1945); (also) the rider of such a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding > used by bareback rider or acrobat barebacker1880 rosinback1911 1911 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 24 Aug. 3/1 She has two big white fellows and a gray and a black, and when she talks of them they are ‘rosin backs’. 1923 C. R. Cooper Under Big Top 170 She is trained to the ‘rosinback’, as the ring horse is called. 1931 Amer. Mercury Nov. 353/2 Rosinbacks, bareback riders. 1945 C. B. Cochran Showman looks On iii. 33 A ‘rosin-back’ is a ring-horse used by bareback riders... Rosin is rubbed into the horse's back to help the rider to get a firm footing as he jumps from the ring on to the horse. 1999 Scotl. on Sunday 15 Aug. 10 Jennifer..wanted to be the lady in the circus who went round and round the ring in a pink tutu performing tricks on the back of a sturdy horse known as a rosinback. < as lemmas |
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