| 单词 | whip off |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhip off d. Hunting. whip in: to drive (hounds) with the whip back into the pack so as to prevent them from straying; absol. to act as whipper-in. whip off: to drive (the hounds) with the whip away from the chase; absol. to give over the chase. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > to drive away from the chase whip off1859 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > lead or drive hounds > prevent from straying whip in1862 1739 [implied in: J. Hildrop Ess. Free-thinking 7 Should..the Postilion turn Cook, and the Whipper in resolve to be nothing less than Steward or Butler. (at whipper-in n. 1a)]. 1859 Sporting Mag. Feb. 80 The hounds were whipped off, as the evening was closing on us. 1862 Sporting Mag. Dec. 438 James Stacey..formerly whipped-in to the late Lord Fitzhardinge's hounds. 1887 Field 19 Feb. 231/1 Morris Hills, who whipped in to the Queen's Stag~hounds under Davis and King. < as lemmas |
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