单词 | to walk hots |
释义 | > as lemmasto walk (also occasionally cool out) hots P16. North American. Horse Racing. to walk (also occasionally cool out) hots: to lead a horse at walking pace in order to let it cool down after strenuous exercise. Cf. hot walker n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > exercise a horse > walk after exercise to walk (also occasionally cool out) hots1934 1934 Washington Post 25 Mar. 14/5 They put him to work walking ‘hots’ and cleaning out stables. 1939 Sat. Evening Post 1 Apr. 33 ‘Cooling out hots’..means walking horses around the barn until there is no fear they will stiffen. 1976 New Yorker 29 Mar. 109/2 He got an after-school job at a ranch, mucking out stalls and ‘walking hots’, as the chore of cooling out horses who have just worked or raced is called. 2007 J. Christgau Gambler & Bug Boy xx. 208 Albert walked hots, mucked stalls, and galloped horses at dawn. < as lemmas |
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