单词 | bottle-horse |
释义 | > as lemmasbottle-horse bottle-horse n. now historical a packhorse.In some early quots., e.g. quot. a1550 and 1624, perhaps construed as having bottle n.3 as the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > pack-horse summer?a1300 bottle-horsea1414 mail horse1440 sumpter horsec1450 sommier1481 packhorse?a1500 carriage horse1500 sumpter1526 sumpture1567 load-horse1568 loader1600 baggage-horse1640 led horse1662 portmanteau-gelding1694 portmanteau-horse1770 pack pony1850 bât-horse1863 pack1866 a1414 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1992) II. 603 Et in equo bay empto pro uno botelhors. 1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 97 Item, A maile horse and a botell horse. a1550 (a1477) Black Bk. (Public Rec. Office) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 178 This office [of Cellar] hathe a somter man and hors and also a botelhors. 1624 in F. Devon Issues Exchequer James I (1836) 345 One bright grey ambling gelding, for a bottle horse, for the King's ale and beer. 1860 R. F. Williams Domest. Mem. Royal Family III. x. 247 Hunters, coursers and pads, 36; coach-horses, 42; bottle horses, 2. 2007 P. Edwards Horse & Man in Early Mod. Eng. viii. 208 William III's Master of the Horse paid £15 and £16 10s. for two bottle horses. < as lemmas |
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