单词 | sidelangle |
释义 | † sidelanglev. Obsolete (Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use). 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. sidelang 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 1660 in B. P. Mighill & G. B. Blodgette Early Rec. Rowley, Mass. (1894) I. 105 That there shall bee no horses nor asses left tethered in the night time..or..any way side-langled..neither shall any person, hopell, tether, or side-langel..any horse or asse in the day time. 1669 in Watertown Rec. (1894) 95 Any hors..that is not side langueled with Iron Fetters. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Side-langel, to tie the fore and hind foot of a horse together on one side. a1835 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1837) III. 174 I am settled, tied up, tethered, side-langled. 1905 E. W. Prevost Suppl. Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 157/2 Side-langel, to hobble by connecting the fore and hind legs on the same side of an animal together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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