单词 | trotter |
释义 | trottern. 1. a. A horse (or other quadruped) which trots; spec. a horse especially bred and trained to the trot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > trot > that trots brockc1000 trotter1381 1381-2 [see trotter-saddle n. at Compounds 1]. 1391–2 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 143 Pro duobus equis trotters cum duabus sellis per ipsum emptis. 1452 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 137 j equi basii, trotter, xs. 1592 R. Greene Maiden's Dreame in Wks. (Rtldg.) 279/1 His stable full of coursers.., Trotters whose manag'd looks would some affright. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1412/4 A black brown Gelding about 15 hands,..a Trotter only. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 26 Mar. 154/2 A Dark Brown Coloured Horse..a natural trotter. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 31 A trotter constantly habituated to that pace. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 39 Compare the racer with the trotter. 1890 W. P. Lett in Big Game N. Amer. 88 The Caribou is the champion trotter of America. 1898 A. Conan Doyle Trag. Korosko v. 110 Most of them [camels] were beautiful creatures, true Arabian trotters. b. A trotting-cart, a sulky. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled > sulky or trotting cart sulky1756 trotting-sulky1883 robbo1897 trotter1902 jinker1916 spider1945 1902 Times 4 Apr. 9/6 He would come up in the morning in his ‘trotter’. 2. One who moves or goes about briskly and constantly; see trot v. 2.spec. (University slang) a tailor's assistant who goes round for orders; also, a tailor's, dressmaker's, or milliner's girl messenger; at Dublin University, one who goes to Dublin for a degree, without residence (cf. term-trotter n. at term n. Compounds 4, at Oxford); at Durham University, a day-student (cf. trot v. 2). (N.E.D.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > person trotter1555 stirrer1570 verb1730 shinner1838 staver1860 heller1895 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > brisk > one who goes about briskly trotter1555 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor > tailor's assistant trimmer1555 trotter1860 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor > tailor's assistant > girl messenger trotter1897 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > dressmaking > [noun] > dressmaker > assistant to > messenger trotter1897 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > millinery > milliner > assistant to > girl messenger trotter1897 trotter-girl1903 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.iii Nede makth tholde wyfe trot: is she a trotter now? 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Gaste-pavé, a trotter vpon the pauements, a walker by the streets. 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C2 This trotter is my ryual, & loues Thomasin. 1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 19 That eternal trotter after all the little draggle-tail'd girls of town. 1860 Slang Dict. Trotter, a tailor's man who goes round for orders. University. 1883 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 141 We suspect that the ingenious inventor of the name ‘trotter’ was well aware that the name had a ridiculous sound. 1897 Daily News 23 Feb. 3/1 She was a Trotter..she trotted to and fro between the East and the West, with patterns to match—silks, stuffs, and so on. 3. Usually plural. The feet of a quadruped, esp. those of sheep and pigs as used for food; also humorously, the feet of a human being.Quot. c1358 doubtfully belongs here. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > foot trottera1529 pettitoea1555 crubeen1847 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > of a quadruped trottera1529 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] footOE heelOE toec1290 pettitoes1590 goers1612 hoofa1616 fetlock1645 stamper1652 fetterlock1674 pedestal1695 trotter1755 footsie1762 dew-beaters1811 pedal1838 mud-hook1850 tootsy1854 tootsicum1860 gun-boat1870 mundowie1880 plate of meat1887 trilby1895 dog1913 puppies1922 c1358 in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1909) 742 Item in duro pisce frisc. vd o. Item in trotters viijd.] a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 908 The chefe of your fayre Myght stand nowe by potters, And suche as sell trotters. c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. B.i For to make the Trotters of the Bucke. Take the fowre fete and skalde them ..and that ben the Trotters. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 24 Not the dammes Foale, but the dames Trotters, be trusted vnto. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 174 He steales the sheepe; and gives the Trotters for Gods sake. a1650 Anc. Poems, etc. (Percy Soc.) 164 Two calves' feet, and a bull's trotter. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. 25 Pref. Finding out that some bald pated drone of a monk laid up his useless trotters in the corner of his Abbey, about 500 years ago. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 309 They will fasten the paws and trotters of panthers, bears, and buffalos, to their feet and hands. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 158/2 For supper there is a sandwich, a meat pudding, or a ‘trotter’. 1872 M. Jewry Every-day Cookery 72/2 Perfectly cleanse and blanch the trotters. 4. See quot. 1864. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > in charge of bait > collecting bait bait-gatherer1842 trotter1864 wormer1880 1864 Daily Tel. 18 May ‘The..trotters’—fishermen who..trot for whelks to sell as bait to the North Sea cod~smacks. 5. One who trots another out in conversation: see trot v. 4c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] > one who derides or ridicules scorner1303 bourder1330 mower1440 mockera1460 subsannator1509 hickscorner?1515 derider1543 illuder?1550 bobber1576 flouter1581 frumper1589 deluder1592 flirt1602 fleerera1627 ridiculer1681 trotter1818 finger pointer1912 snook-cocker1965 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 527 There is something about the Doctor that all at once converts the trotter into the trottee. 1819 J. G. Lockhart Peter's Lett. to Kinsfolk III. lxxi. 246 I had the good sense..to perceive the danger of the practice,..and..hope never to fill the roll either of Trotter or Trottee. Compounds C1. General attributive. trotter-bone n. ΚΠ 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. xiii. 407 Take trotter-bones; calcine and beat them to a fine powder, wherewith rub the spots on both sides. 1869 Daily News 23 Aug. The original floor..was laid with ‘trotter bones’,..closely packed and driven into the ground to the depth of from three to four inches. trotter-girl n. (see sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > millinery > milliner > assistant to > girl messenger trotter1897 trotter-girl1903 1903 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 10/1 The streets of Soho are unusually quiet; the trotter girl, with her bundle of coats or trousers, is almost a curiosity. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > types of saddle mail-saddle1360 trotter-saddle1381 panel1393 loadsaddle1397 packsaddle1398 limber-saddle1480 pillion1480 side-saddle1493 steel saddle1503 pilgate1511 mail pillowc1532 stock-saddle1537 pad1556 sunk1568 trunk-saddle1569 soda1586 mail pillion1586 running saddle1596 Scotch saddle1596 postilion saddle1621 pad-saddle1622 portmanteau-saddle1681 watering saddle1681 cart-saddle1692 demi-pique1695 crook-saddle1700 saddle pad1750 recado1825 aparejo1844 mountain saddle1849 somerset1851 pilch1863 cowboy saddle1880 sawbuck (pack)saddle1881 western saddle1883 cross-saddle1897 centre-fire1921 McClellan1940 poley1957 1381–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 592 Pro reparacione 1 trottersadill. trotter-stall n. ΚΠ 1595 Enq. Tripe-wife (1881) 148 Since I trotted from my trotter stall, And figd about from neates feete neatly drest: I finde no pleasure nor content at all. C2. trotter-boiler n. one whose business is to treat the hoofs of animals by boiling. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who boil bones bone boiler1800 trotter-boiler1883 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 301/1 Some [glue-making materials] that come from the trotter-boilers..have been limed already. trotter-cases n. (plural) boots or shoes (slang). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [noun] > shoes or boots trotter-cases1821 1821 T. Hood Sent. Journey in Wks. (1862) I. 34 A young gentleman in very tight trotter-cases,..his feet gave evident signs of suffering. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xviii. 297 ‘Japanning his trotter-cases,’..rendered into plain English, signifieth cleaning his boots. trotter-pie n. see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > meat-pie rafiolea1425 shred-pie1573 Florentine1579 marrowbone pie1595 marrow pie1598 meat pie1607 mutton pie1607 olive pie1615 venison piea1616 flesh-pie1616 veal (and ham) piea1625 godiveau1653 lumber-pie1656 mermaid pie1661 umble-pie1663 humble piea1665 trotter-pie1693 stump pie1695 mugget pie1696 pot-pie1702 squab-pie1708 pork pie1723 steak pie1723 Perigord pie1751 pasticcio1772 fidget pie1790 muggety pie1800 numble pie1822 Florentine pie1823 pastilla1834 kidney-pie1836 beef-steak pie1841 stand pie1872 Melton Mowbray1875 timbale1880 pâté en croûte1929 tourtière1953 growler1989 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xviii. 151 We were..eating a Bushel of Trotter-pies [Fr. goudiveaulx (see Cotgr.)]. trotter skirt n. (see also trotteur n.), a short, neat walking skirt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > short moochi1872 trotteur1904 trotter skirt1909 puffball1953 miniskirt1962 micro-mini1967 micro-miniskirt1967 micro1968 skating skirt1968 mini1987 1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 5/3 A..gown..for roller skating or merely for walking [with] a trotter skirt. Derivatives ˈtrotteress n. a female trotter (in globe-trotteress: cf. globe n.).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely > female globe-trotteress1892 1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life (ed. 2) II. 213 Lady A. joined our three pairs of hands and blessed us—‘Three globe trotteresses all at once!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1381 |
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