| 单词 | swallow fork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswallow fork swallow fork n. originally North American a forked cut used in marking cattle or sheep on the ear (see quot. 1966). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > branding or marking > ear-mark earmarka1500 swallow fork1636 crop1653 halfpenny1658 gad1666 underkeel1677 lug-mark1802 underbit1837 sleepering1910 1636 in W. T. Davis et al. Rec. Town of Plymouth (Mass.) (1889) I. 1 Every mans marke of his Cattle... Christopher Waddesworth a swallow forke. 1805 Cabarrus (N. Carolina) Quarter Sessions 22 Oct. The mark of his cattle, sheep, and hogs is a swallowfork in the right ear. 1869 Overland Monthly Aug. 126/1 An overslope and a slit in the right, and a swallow-fork in the left. 1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 16 Swallow fork, two slits run together to form a W or an M. < as lemmas |
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