单词 | caracol |
释义 | caracolcaracolen.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell seashella900 shale1561 buckie1596 caracol1622 valve1661 spire1681 umbilicus1688 conch-shell1697 wart-shell?1711 needle1713 multivalve1753 concha1755 periosteum1758 conch1773 devil's claw1773 furbelow1776 peewit's egg1776 worm-tube1776 rosebud1815 sheath1815 periostracum1833 epicuticle1885 epicuticula1886 leg of mutton1891 trivalve1891 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxvii. 60 Certaine shels, like those of Mother of Pearles, which are brought out of the East Indies, to make standing cups, called Caracoles. 2. Architecture. ‘A term sometimes applied to a staircase in the form of a helix or spiral’ (Gwilt). ΚΠ 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Caracol. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. 3. A half-turn or wheel to the right or left executed by a horseman. Littré gives the sense in French as ‘a succession of such wheels to right and left alternately, movement in a zigzag course’, which appears to have been the earlier sense in English also. Many writers have used the word without any clear notion of its meaning: see caracol v. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > half turn or wheel caracol1614 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of turn repolon1598 caracol1614 demi-voltea1648 passade1652 pirouette1667 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) i. i. 21 In the Art of Horsemanship, there are divers and sundry turns..those we call Caragolo. 1643 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 103 Now was Sr Wm Constable crept out of Hull wth their Horse making their Carrocols upon ye woulds. a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) iv What a Caracole he made, when you fac'd about. 1792 W. Osbaldiston Brit. Sportsman 94/1 They sometimes ride up in caracols, to perplex the enemy. 1810 Encycl. Brit. V. 171 In the army, the horse always makes a caracol after each discharge, in order to pass the rear of the squadron. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 333 The challenger..made his courser carry him in a succession of caracoles to his station. 1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel I. 145 Chargers pacing with curvets and caracoles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). caracolcaracolev. 1. intransitive. Of a horseman or horse: To execute a caracol or caracols. Often used loosely for ‘to caper about’. Also transferred of other animals. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride a prancing or capering horse to beat a curvet1607 caracol1656 curvet1695 capriole1837 cavort1844 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance tripc1386 prancea1398 brank?1400 leapc1405 gambol?1507 curvet1584 jet1587 jaunt1605 scope1607 stilt1786 caracol1813 prank1842 cavort1843–4 tittup1862 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper leapc900 playOE floxec1200 startlec1300 trancec1374 prancec1380 tripc1386 scoupa1400 prankc1450 gambol1508 frisk?1520 jeta1529 pract1568 trounce1568 trip1578 capriole1580 lavolta1590 linch1593 curvet1595 flisk1595 firk1596 caper1598 jaunce1599 risec1599 cabre1600 jaunt1605 skit1611 to cut a caper or capersa1616 tripudiate1623 insult1652 to fike and flinga1689 scamper1691 dance1712 pranklea1717 cavort1794 jinket1823 gambado1827 caracol1861 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Caracol, to cast themselvs into a round ring, as souldiers do. 1785 Sportsman's Dict. To caracol is to go in the form of half rounds. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xix. 83 Now caracol'd the steeds in air. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii The Captain on his..steed caracolling majestically. 1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III. xii. 194 Once that sound used to set me caracoling before an abject multitude. 2. transitive. To make (a horse) caracol. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > cause to move in other specific manner extend1727 unite1799 caracol1835 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 44 He was fond of caracolling his horse. 1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 82 The youthful knight..caracolled his horse along the pavement. Derivatives ˈcaracoling n. and adj. (also caracolling) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering jetting1440 gambolling1525 frisking1572 capering1598 scampering1691 caprioling1821 caracoling1837 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > capering startlingc1405 gambolling1538 frisking1566 capering1595 caper-cuttinga1640 caracoling1837 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] > performing specific movement caracoling1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. vi. 368 Caracoling Bodyguards. 1843 E. Miall in Nonconformist 3 209 We crave indulgence for a little caracolling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1614v.1656 |
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