单词 | teamsman |
释义 | > as lemmasteamsman teamsman n. (a) a man who drives a team of draught animals; = team man n. (a) at Compounds 4; cf. teamster n. 1 (now historical); (b) a fellow member of a sports or games team. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > driver of a team of draught animals goadman1606 goad-groom1614 teamer1696 teamster1758 team man1763 goadsman1788 teamsman1792 voorloper1837 mule skinner1870 swamper1870 tracer1899 skinner1910 1792 Trans. Soc. Promotion Agric., Arts & Manuf. (U.S.) 1 122 The teams-man sowed this part by hand. 1876 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 21 Aug. 2/7 Men well fixed on the team..would not allow their chances of victory to be imperilled by having a weak tailman..provided there were men outside who could better serve them as fellow-teamsmen. 1895 Wales Apr. 168/1 He was able to drive a furrow to the delight of even the most envious of surrounding teamsmen. 1917 M. E. Gross et al. Playground Bk. 75 One of the outer team..may throw it [sc. the ball] while within the circle to one of his teamsmen outside the circle. 1996 J. Murray Reiver Blues vii. 113 His teamsmen and opponents stared at him astonished. 2007 D. P. Mortlock Aristocratic Splendour ii. 43 A teamsman could earn 2s 6d an acre for ploughing and harrowing prior to sowing. < as lemmas |
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