terra a terran.adj.

Forms: Also 1600s terra terra, ( territerr).

Etymology: Italian terra terra level with the ground, influenced by corresponding French terre à terre , Spanish tierra á tierra : see also terre-à-terre adj. and adv.

Obsolete.

1. An artificial gait formerly taught to horses, resembling a low curvet.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of jump > curvet > series of

terra a terra1614

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Manege de terre à terre, a manage more low, and more quicke then the ordinarie gallop, or curuet.]

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 29 In this practise you teach him [the horse] perfectly three lessons together, that is the turne Terra Terra, the Incavalare, and the Chambetta.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 33 The most vsefull Aer as the Frenchmen terme it is Terreterra.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Terra a terra..is a Series of low Leaps made by the Horse forward, bearing Sideways, and working upon two Treads.

2. = terre-à-terre adj. and adv.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > low in style

broad1490

low1518

bawdy1519

comical?1565

foot1582

tavernly1612

mean1659

gruff1681

vulgar1716

terra a terra1728

pedestrian1805

unraised1817

terre-à-terre1888

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Terra, a terra,..is also apply'd to Dancers who cut no Capers, nor scarce quit the Ground. Hence it is also figuratively apply'd to Authors, whose Stile and Diction is low and creeping.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	terra a terra
释义	terra a terran.adj. Forms: Also 1600s terra terra, ( territerr). Etymology: Italian terra terra level with the ground, influenced by corresponding French terre à terre , Spanish tierra á tierra : see also terre-à-terre adj. and adv. Obsolete. 1. An artificial gait formerly taught to horses, resembling a low curvet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of jump > curvet > series of terra a terra1614 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Manege de terre à terre, a manage more low, and more quicke then the ordinarie gallop, or curuet.] 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 29 In this practise you teach him [the horse] perfectly three lessons together, that is the turne Terra Terra, the Incavalare, and the Chambetta. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 33 The most vsefull Aer as the Frenchmen terme it is Terreterra. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Terra a terra..is a Series of low Leaps made by the Horse forward, bearing Sideways, and working upon two Treads. 2. = terre-à-terre adj. and adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > low in style broad1490 low1518 bawdy1519 comical?1565 foot1582 tavernly1612 mean1659 gruff1681 vulgar1716 terra a terra1728 pedestrian1805 unraised1817 terre-à-terre1888 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Terra, a terra,..is also apply'd to Dancers who cut no Capers, nor scarce quit the Ground. Hence it is also figuratively apply'd to Authors, whose Stile and Diction is low and creeping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1614
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