单词 | train horse |
释义 | > as lemmastrain horse train horse n. Military (now historical) a horse employed to draw artillery. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger > that draws artillery train horse1643 hairy1899 1643 in 13th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1892) App. i. 131 The county complains that we have not charged the Train horse according to the letter of the Ordinance. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4682/2 Train Horses..employed in drawing forty pieces of Artillery. 1759 H. Bouquet Let. 16 Aug. in Papers (1940) Ser. 21652. 218 Capt. Killbock..Stole 16, of the Train Horses at Ligonier, and scalped the driver who reclaimed them. 1831 Edinb. Lit. Jrnl. 18 June 389/1 The boom of the cannon that bursts on the ear;—Near—nearer the train-horse reels past with its car. 1873 Farmer's Mag. Mar. 264/1 Having seen how the train horse might be procured, let us now turn to the cavalry horse. 1920 Jrnl. U.S. Artillery July 34 When advance was slow, combat wagons and caissons could haul from this dump to combattant troops, aided by the division train horse transport. 1980 O. von Pivka Napoleon's German Allies (4): Bavaria 29/1 In the campaign of 1812 Bavaria lost over 28,000 men; all 5,800 cavalry and train horses, all but six of her cannon. < as lemmas |
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