单词 | bull-whack |
释义 | > as lemmasbull-whack bull-whack v. U.S. (transitive and intransitive) to drive (cattle). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > herd cattle punch1859 bull-whack1869 night-herd1885 rally1888 to ride herd on (also over)1895 point1903 ring1935 1869 A. K. McClure 3,000 Miles through Rocky Mts. 102 You will often find some graduate of Yale ‘bull-whacking’ his own team from the river to his mines. bull-whack bull-whack n. U.S. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > equipment salec1299 salebandc1299 shacklec1460 marking stone1534 low bell1578 baikiea1598 nose-hook1778 sjambok1790 shangy1808 cow-bell1809 ox frame1844 bullwhip1848 humbug1850 stock-whip1852 bull-whacker1858 cattle-bell1872 bull-whack1885 leading-staff1886 bullock-bell1911 bull-holder1940 1885 C. L. Norton in Mag. Amer. Hist. 13 98 In Texas and western Louisiana the ‘bull-whack’ is a terrible whip with a long and very heavy lash and a short handle. It is used by drovers to intimidate refractory animals. 1906 Dial. Notes 3 129 He's a bull-whackin'. < as lemmas |
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