单词 | saddling |
释义 | saddlingn.1ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > saddling or unsaddling saddling?c1475 off-saddling1849 unsaddling1855 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 106v A Saddyllynge , sellaria, stratura, stramentum. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 315 Sadyllynge, sellatura, stratura, stramentum. 2. The action of saddle v. (in various senses); spec. the action of putting on the saddle and other equipment of a racehorse in preparation for a race. ΚΠ 1595 J. Philips (title) The brideling, sadling and ryding, of a rich churle in Hampshire. 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd 79 Montenor gave order for the sadling of three horses, and so went into the Court with Anselme and the Shepherd. 1760 Proc. Court-martial Ld. G. Sackville 67 At what Hour did he receive the Orders..relating to the Saddling of the Horses, &c.? 1826 Edinb. Advertiser 26 Sept. 608 Doncaster St. Leger Stakes.—As usual, the St Leger horses were met in the field before saddling, and inspected with great anxiety. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone ix. 83 The bell for saddling rang, and the horses came out. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 136 The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion against the existing law is the saddling of the right to a child with the obligation to become the servant of a man. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Apr. a25 Even the saddling is done in the so-called Crystal Paddock,..where people up to the seventh floor can see the before-race work being done. 2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Feb. 18/1 The notion of riding the tiger—a savage beast..that does not take kindly to saddling and mounting. Compounds C1. General attributive, as saddling bell, saddling enclosure. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > equipment > [noun] > bell rung to indicate time to saddle horses saddling bell1831 1831 W. Massie Alice Paulet (1833) I. xix. 77 There's the saddling bell, and I must go and see my colt start. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 2) ii. ii. ii. §2. 381/2 It is easier to go into the saddling enclosure and select a winner of a steeplechases. 1904 Times 21 Mar. 4/1 The sound of the saddling bell in for the first race at Lincoln will be very welcome. 1969 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 13 July 33/1 Mr Swales told us he could not get through to the stewards on the phone and gave us permission to return to the saddling enclosure to put our case to the stewards. 2006 Racing Post (Nexis) 3 Dec. 18 The runner board beside the saddling enclosure had number nine showing as a non-runner instead of number six. C2. saddling paddock n. (a) a paddock in which horses are prepared for a race; (b) Australian slang (a nickname for) a bar in the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, frequented by prostitutes in the 19th cent.; (hence) any place of assignation likened to this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > paddock saddling paddock1838 paddock1839 birdcage1865 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > rendezvous for prostitutes or homosexuals saddling paddock1876 meat market1896 meat rack1958 1838 Times 3 July 1 Horses for the stakes to be named..at the Hippodrome saddling paddock. 1876 Argus (Melbourne) 1 July 4/5 The existence of the ‘saddling paddocks’ is a scandal established with a forethought for the courtesan's benefit which is an eternal disgrace to their promoters. 1876 Argus (Melbourne) 1 July 4/4 The stranger sees that the women, possibly picking up a male companion, all enter the apartment which was previously closed, and which is now guarded by swing doors. Curiosity will doubtless prompt him to enter, and he will find himself in the far-famed ‘saddling paddock’ of the Royal. 1890 Daily News 11 Sept. 3/4 No horse could possibly have looked better..in the saddling paddock. 1958 G. Casey Snowball iii. 29 The ribald, popular name of the enclosure round the Government Dam was ‘the saddling paddock’. 1969 Sun (Melbourne) 12 July (Turf Guide) 4/2 The AJC new grandstand in the saddling paddock at Randwick will be open on August 4. 2007 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 15 May 71 I don't give a damn, if Wayne Lukas leads a donkey over to the saddling paddock on Saturday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † saddlingn.2 Obsolete. rare. = saddle n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > connecting saddling1697 saddle1779 hause1781 nek1834 col1853 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 112 The Land is low, making a sadling [1729 saddling] between two small Hills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1?c1475n.21697 |
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