单词 | traineau |
释义 | traineaun. Now chiefly historical or North American. A sledge, a sleigh; in northern Europe formerly esp. one drawn by one or more horses over snow or ice. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of people sled1590 sledge1617 traineau1653 sleigh1703 pulka1746 booby-hutch1766 Tom Pung1799 cutter1803 pung1804 kibitka1806 booby-hack1820 pulk1831 booby1841 sleigh-cutter1846 clipper-sled1883 1653 R. Spencer Let. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) ii. 54 Heere are playes and the Traineaux runne round, I see none of them but sit in the chimney-corner and get a nap. 1701 K. J. von Blomberg Acct. Livonia xiv. 258 They enter some Nobleman's, or Counsellor's House, where they find a warm Reception,..and then return to their Traineaux again. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 623 He was driving the Princess upon the snow in a Trainau. 1788 New Lady's Mag. Aug. 402/2 The snow is already very deep, and the people begin to slide about in their Traineaux. 1834 C. F. Hoffman Let. 18 Feb. in Winter in West (1835) II. 23 I was dragged over in a traineau by Indians. 1887 J. Gibson Great Waterfalls 112 The most adventurous of the Canadian ‘tobogganers’ sometimes ascend with their traineaus up the precipitous cliff which..bounds the left bank of the Montmorency below the fall. 1910 Southern Engineer 15 Apr. 366/2 The apparatus..consisted essentially of a traineau or sled, operated upon a rectilinear track. 1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye v. xiv. 197 How quiet these streets, crowded yet muffled in hard snow, the traineaux brushing noiselessly, smoothly across the whiteness. 2002 O. Hollier in N. D. Fontenot Cooking with Cajun Women (2003) 285/2 I even used an old time ‘traineau’ to pick cucumbers. Compounds General attributive, as traineau party, etc. Now rare. ΚΠ 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France I. xlvii. 428 Among the winter amusements of this place [sc. Frankfurt], traineau parties may be reckoned. 1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. xi. 89 Sledges, carriages, and other traineau vehicles, cross and pass each other with incredible velocity. 1826 A. Disbrowe Let. Jan. in C. A. A. Disbrowe Orig. Lett. from Russia (1878) 88 It is not the fashion to make traineau parties here. 1836 T. C. Grattan Sleeping Partners in E. Bulwer-Lytton Chairolas 111 The appearance of a jocki, such as is an indispensable atrocity in the completion of a traineau equipment, really out-Punches Punch. 1840 A. T. Malkin Diary 26 Aug. in Alpine Jrnl. (1890) Feb. 60 Ascent very steep, by a traineau path; no horses or mules used in the village. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1653 |
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