单词 | to pass a career |
释义 | > as lemmasto pass a career a. Of a horse: A short gallop at full speed (often in to pass a career). Also a charge, encounter (at a tournament or in battle). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [noun] > on horseback career1591 hippomachia1623 horse-charge1650 cavalry charge1872 shock-action1884 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > joust or tournament > encounter coursec1325 enpraynt1490 shock1565 jostling1580 career1591 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > gallop > short or sudden manage1577 career1591 burst1789 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxviii. xxxv. 319 To stop, to start, to passe carier. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 142 The Lanciers..ought to know how to manage well a horse, run a good carrier, etc. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 139 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Seven tall men..made sundry Carreers and brave Turnaments. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 203 To passe a Cariere, is but to runne with strength and courage such a conuenient course as is meete for his ability. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 766 Mortal combat or carreer with Lance. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Career,..is also us'd for the Horse-course it self, provided it don't exceed 200 Paces. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xxvii. vi. 284 Horses..walking in state and running in full career. < as lemmas |
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