| 单词 | to ride or go to scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride or go to scale c. spec. in Horse Racing. Clerk of the Scales: the official who weighs the jockeys, etc. to ride or go to scale: (of a jockey) to ride to the weighing-room before or after the race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > be weighed weigh1805 to ride or go to scale1837 scale1859 1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road iii. 180 Wright is..a steady..rider, and comes light to the scale. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 364 In Catch Weights any person can ride without going to scale. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv He would have dismounted before riding to scale, and so lost the stakes. 1877 Sayles Law of Racing 52 A horse shall not be qualified to run..unless his name has been notified as a starter to the clerk of the scales. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 201 I..could go to scale about 14 sts. 7 lb. < as lemmas |
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