单词 | wooden mare |
释义 | > as lemmaswooden mare wooden mare n. = wooden horse n. at sense 4. ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > wooden horse wooden horse1629 horse1648 timber-marec1650 wooden mare1819 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 122 He had an hour's ride on the wooden mare for his pains. 1830 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord (new ed.) II. 18 The punishment of riding the wooden mare was..one of the..cruel modes of enforcing military discipline. < as lemmas |
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