tropillan.

Brit.

/trə(ʊ)ˈpiːjə/, U.S.

/troʊˈpi(j)ə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish tropilla.

Etymology: < Spanish tropilla small herd or drove of animals (early 17th cent. in sources from South America) < tropa troop n. + -illa -illa suffix.

Chiefly in Patagonia: a small herd or drove of animals.

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the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock > small flock

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1828 J. A. B. Beaumont Trav. Buenos Ayres vi. 133 A regular tropilla consists of a herd of horses, who are used to each other.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. viii. 170 The cattle invariably divide themselves into little troops of from forty to one hundred. Each troop is recognised.., and its number is known: so that, one being lost out of ten thousand, it is perceived by its absence from one of the tropillas.

1868 H. C. R. Johnson Long Vac. Argentine Alps xvi. 84 We should have to change horses frequently.., so at this post-house.., it was necessary to engage a ‘tropilla’, or mob, of horses and mules, to drive with us as reliefs.

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. vii. 73 A tropilla of pack mules brought up the rear in charge of a thin brown muleteer.

1956 Hispania 39 352/2 The film is given over to a description of..the activities involved in handling the cattle: bringing in the tropillas, breaking wild horses, and the big round-up across many miles of the pampa.

2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 June (Features section) Carlos and Tata drove up a tropilla of saddled but otherwise empty horses to meet our small group at the ride's start.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tropilla
释义	tropillan. Brit. /trə(ʊ)ˈpiːjə/, U.S. /troʊˈpi(j)ə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish tropilla. Etymology: < Spanish tropilla small herd or drove of animals (early 17th cent. in sources from South America) < tropa troop n. + -illa -illa suffix. Chiefly in Patagonia: a small herd or drove of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock > small flock trip1305 pod1827 tropilla1828 1828 J. A. B. Beaumont Trav. Buenos Ayres vi. 133 A regular tropilla consists of a herd of horses, who are used to each other. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. viii. 170 The cattle invariably divide themselves into little troops of from forty to one hundred. Each troop is recognised.., and its number is known: so that, one being lost out of ten thousand, it is perceived by its absence from one of the tropillas. 1868 H. C. R. Johnson Long Vac. Argentine Alps xvi. 84 We should have to change horses frequently.., so at this post-house.., it was necessary to engage a ‘tropilla’, or mob, of horses and mules, to drive with us as reliefs. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. vii. 73 A tropilla of pack mules brought up the rear in charge of a thin brown muleteer. 1956 Hispania 39 352/2 The film is given over to a description of..the activities involved in handling the cattle: bringing in the tropillas, breaking wild horses, and the big round-up across many miles of the pampa. 2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 June (Features section) Carlos and Tata drove up a tropilla of saddled but otherwise empty horses to meet our small group at the ride's start. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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