单词 | water-deck |
释义 | > as lemmaswater-deck water-deck n. [deck n.1 I.] Military (now historical) a large waterproof covering used to protect a cavalry horse's saddle or baggage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > other cloths poitrel1490 bard1520 fore-cloth1526 bardingc1540 barb1566 pectoral1602 water-deck1721 rug1790 barbing1799 sweaters1828 quarter blanket1872 quarter cloth1894 peto1957 sweat rug1971 1721 in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Accts. 29 Apr. (1931) II. 434 Pd John Price, sadler, for two sumphire Portmantles and 4 Brasses 3li 4s 0d, for a water Decke 18s. 1779 Morning Chron. 28 Aug. 1/1 (advt.) Water Decks of Oil Cloth properly prepared to cover baggage. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 74 The supply of Corn Sacks, and Water Decks to the Cavalry. 1875 J. Grant One of Six Hundred xxii. 169 I also wish the corps to be supplied with water-decks. 2002 M. Chappell Brit. Cavalry Equipments 1800–1941 (rev. ed.) 11 Other items visible on the saddle..might be the messtin..and the water-deck. < as lemmas |
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