单词 | squaw hitch |
释义 | > as lemmassquaw hitch squaw hitch n. a type of knot used to secure a pack to the back of a horse or other pack animal. ΚΠ 1879 Salt Lake Daily Tribune 22 Mar. When the packs have been lashed on by the squaw hitch and the prospectors have started on their journey. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy iii. 32 He showed me what he called a squaw hitch, with which you can lash a pack single-handed. 2004 Economist 18 Dec. 92/2 Any American packer knows how to tie a ‘squaw hitch’ or how to turn a pack horse into a draught horse by means of a quick travois. < as lemmas |
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