单词 | sidelang |
释义 | † sidelangv. English regional (chiefly Yorkshire) and Irish English. Obsolete. transitive. To hobble (an animal, esp. a horse or sheep) by tying together the fore and hind legs on one side. Also figurative: to fetter or restrict (a person). Cf. sidelangle v., sideline v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > hobble warlocka1400 langlec1440 hopple1586 impester1601 trammel1607 wisp1607 spancel1610 side-hankle1627 sidelanga1642 sidelangle1660 side-span1660 hamshackle1802 hobble1804 twitchel1826 sideline1837 span1847 heel1887 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 30 Those that have theire Ewes tupped betimes will usually hopple and sidelange theire tuppes. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 351 Sidelong, to fetter, as a preventive from straying, or breaking pasture, by chaining a fore and a hind foot of the same side together. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Side-lang, to fasten the near-side fore and hind feet of a sheep together to prevent it from straying. 1869 P. Kennedy Evenings on Duffrey 190 Sidelanged, spancelled, and fettered, they [sc. Irish Papists] must draw a trace [etc.]. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 114/2 Sidelang, Sidlang, to attach a band between the near fore and near hind leg of a sheep to shorten its step to prevent it from straying and jumping over walls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1642 |
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