单词 | trotting |
释义 | trottingn. a. The action of trot v. in various senses; spec. in U.S., a trotting-race. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > action of walking out with as a lover walking outc1405 trottingc1460 square-pushing1918 the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > on foot > pace between walking and running > action of trottingc1460 jogging1565 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > trot trotc1386 trottingc1460 jog1635 succussation1646 jog-trot1796 juba1825 Canterbury trot1830 foxtrot1872 fadge1873 trotlet1879 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with line > with trawl-line trotting1882 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing steeple-hunting1772 quarter-racing1779 roading1787 pony racing1809 steeplechasing1816 steeple running1818 steeple racing1840 horse-trotting1857 plating1865 trotting1883 chasing1886 flat-racing1886 harness racing1901 flapping1911 flapper1928 point-to-pointing1952 pointing1976 society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > bidding or offering to buy > for purpose of inflating price puffing1629 sweetening1896 trotting1969 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2402 Yeur rennyng & yeur trotting, in-to an esy pase I shall turn. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iii. xiii. 116 A lytel afore mydnyȝt they herd the trottynge of an hors. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxiv. 97 Trotting..shaketh the bodie to violently. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vi. 193 Animalls..move per latera,..or per diametrum,..lifting the foot before, and the crosse foot behinde, which is succussation or trotting . View more context for this quotation 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen (title page) Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping. 1873 H. E. P. Spofford Pilot's Wife in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. IV. 13/2 She and the nurse made such a racket.., with their shshshing and trotting and patting and stirring and sipping. 1882 Standard 26 Sept. 2/2 At Lynn and other parts of the Wash they [whelks] are caught by a mode of fishing designated ‘trotting’. Green crabs are threaded together and let down into the water, and the whelk,..while sucking the meat out of the crabs, is easily drawn to the surface. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius v ‘Do you have much racing in America?’.. ‘Yes. Trotting. Ag'd nags in sulkies. See how fast they can go a mile.’ 1969 Daily Tel. 5 May 19/2 The most common is ‘trotting’—taking non-existent bids to force up the price. b. attributive as trotting-match, trotting-race, trotting-sulky, trotting-term (see trot v. 2), trotting-track, trotting-turf. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 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 1822 Sunday Times 20 Oct. 3/2 The roan trotting match for 500 sovereigns. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1046 Formerly it was a maxim in trotting races, that weight did not form a considerable object. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1049 The distances of this trotting match were [etc.]. 1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. iii. 75 The certainty that Vane Steven's roan filly would lose the trotting-match. 1883 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 141 I'm going to keep a trotting term. 1888 ‘W. Châteauclair’ Young Seigneur 74 The horse-trader's trotting-sulky was standing at the door. 1893 Outing May 98/1 The perfect trotting track of the present time is built [etc.]. 1893 Outing May 99/1 This early heroine of the trotting turf. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2019). trottingadj. That trots, in various senses. trotting butcher, a butcher who goes his rounds on horseback. trotting seconds hand, in a watch, a hand which registers the seconds on the minute-divisions of the dial, pausing on each. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > trotting trottingc1425 c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 88 Vnnethe he [Henry III] wold ryde any amblynge hors, bot myche trottynge hors, for to trauaylle hys body the more. 1480 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 55 I whowlde awise yow brynge hower aull yowr trottyng hors. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiv The nyne properties of a foxe..the .vii. to be short trottyng. 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xv. 28 Blinde bittels, flattering fellowes, trotting trulles, and wilful murtherers. 1660 T. Blount Boscobel 22 The valiant Earl of Cleveland (who being above 60. years of age, had marched 21. dayes together upon a trotting horse). 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. Prol. A trotting burnie wimpling through the ground. 1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy I. i. 2 Inferences..deduced by trotting travellers from the aspect of the scenes through which they passed. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 175/2 The trotting butcher is..not likely to be succeeded by any in the same line, or..‘ride’ of business. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cvi. 528 The trotting horse is driven, not ridden. 1900 Jeweller's Catal. The Nurse's Watch, with long trotting seconds hand for taking the beats of the pulse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1460adj.c1425 |
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