单词 | to tod threes |
释义 | > as lemmasto tod threes (also twos, etc.) 3. transitive. to tod threes (also twos, etc.): (used to specify how many sheep are involved in the production of one tod of wool) to produce or harvest a tod of wool from every three (two, etc.) sheep. ΚΠ 1794 R. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Nottingham 19 His ewes tod four or five. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 311 Then sheap 'll tod threes; that is, the fleeces of three of them will weigh a tod... Of what was called Lincoln sheep, he todded all threes. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 327 His flock tods on an average half threes, half fours. 1877 M. Evans in J. Coleman Sheep & Pigs Great Brit. 47 Mr. Marshall, of Branston, has clipped no less than 26½lb. of wool from a shearling 14 months old, and his hogs have todded 160 twos and 40 threes. < as lemmas |
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