stud bookn.

Brit.

/ˈstʌd bʊk/, U.S.

/ˈstəd ˌbʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: stud n.², book n.

Etymology: < stud n.² + book n.

1. A book giving the pedigrees of thoroughbred horses or (later) other animals.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stud- or herd-book

stud book1757

herd-book1822

1757 R. Heber Hist. List Horse-matches Run p. xxiv, (heading) A pattern for a stud book.

1803 (title) The General Stud Book, containing pedigrees of race horses, &c. &c. from the restoration to the present time.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter i. 24 The pedigrees and physical characteristics recorded in stud-books and short-horn books.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 323/1 It is just twenty years since the Irish terrier first obtained recognition in the Kennel Club Stud Book.

1906 (title) The United States Register and Studbook for Cats.

1976 K. Reddick Horses 22 Although bay, brown, and black are preferred, many colors are found within the breed and only piebalds and skewbalds are barred from the stud book.

2009 F. Lynghaug Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide 569/1 To be accepted into the stud book, they are evaluated on conformation and free movement or free jumping.

2. figurative (humorous). A book containing a list of the nobility of a country, with their genealogy, history, connections, titles, etc., as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (see Burke n.) or Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage (see Debrett n.).

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > directory of names or pedigrees

court-guide1814

stud book1834

social register1886

society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > directories

peerage1766

court-guide1814

blue book1822

stud book1834

peerage book1843

social register1886

1834 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 347 That confounded human stud-book of Debrett's, that tells more tales than ten old maids put together, makes him out older than we like to see so excellent a man, and places him as third son of Sir Robert Grosvenor.

1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1891) viii. 122 'Fraid you won't be entered in the Stud Book correctly unless you go Home?

1928 E. Hemingway Let. 31 May in Sel. Lett. (2003) 278 There was no Lady Ashley in Burke's or Debrett's Peerage when I sent you the Sun Mss. and none in either of those stud books when I corrected the proof.

1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xi. 198 I think I know the stud-book pretty well. I was not aware that you had a cousin Bredon.

2008 J. Fellowes Past Imperfect (2009) ii. 36 Year by year he would comb the stud books, Peerage and Gentry, writing to the mothers of daughters, interviewing their sons, all to buy another few months for the whole business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stud book
释义	stud bookn. Brit. /ˈstʌd bʊk/, U.S. /ˈstəd ˌbʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: stud n.², book n. Etymology: < stud n.² + book n. 1. A book giving the pedigrees of thoroughbred horses or (later) other animals. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stud- or herd-book stud book1757 herd-book1822 1757 R. Heber Hist. List Horse-matches Run p. xxiv, (heading) A pattern for a stud book. 1803 (title) The General Stud Book, containing pedigrees of race horses, &c. &c. from the restoration to the present time. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter i. 24 The pedigrees and physical characteristics recorded in stud-books and short-horn books. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 323/1 It is just twenty years since the Irish terrier first obtained recognition in the Kennel Club Stud Book. 1906 (title) The United States Register and Studbook for Cats. 1976 K. Reddick Horses 22 Although bay, brown, and black are preferred, many colors are found within the breed and only piebalds and skewbalds are barred from the stud book. 2009 F. Lynghaug Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide 569/1 To be accepted into the stud book, they are evaluated on conformation and free movement or free jumping. 2. figurative (humorous). A book containing a list of the nobility of a country, with their genealogy, history, connections, titles, etc., as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (see Burke n.) or Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage (see Debrett n.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > directory of names or pedigrees court-guide1814 stud book1834 social register1886 society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > directories peerage1766 court-guide1814 blue book1822 stud book1834 peerage book1843 social register1886 1834 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 347 That confounded human stud-book of Debrett's, that tells more tales than ten old maids put together, makes him out older than we like to see so excellent a man, and places him as third son of Sir Robert Grosvenor. 1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1891) viii. 122 'Fraid you won't be entered in the Stud Book correctly unless you go Home? 1928 E. Hemingway Let. 31 May in Sel. Lett. (2003) 278 There was no Lady Ashley in Burke's or Debrett's Peerage when I sent you the Sun Mss. and none in either of those stud books when I corrected the proof. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xi. 198 I think I know the stud-book pretty well. I was not aware that you had a cousin Bredon. 2008 J. Fellowes Past Imperfect (2009) ii. 36 Year by year he would comb the stud books, Peerage and Gentry, writing to the mothers of daughters, interviewing their sons, all to buy another few months for the whole business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1757
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