| 单词 | canterbury rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCanterbury rate 2. Canterbury pace, Canterbury rack, Canterbury rate, Canterbury trot, Canterbury gallop, etc., supposed originally to designate the pace of the mounted pilgrims. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > specific pace of riding Canterbury pace1636 galloping1642 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > rack racking1530 rack1566 racking pace1611 Canterbury rack1636 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > canter false gallopc1515 hand-gallop1624 Canterbury1631 tittup1691 canter1755 hand canter1769 Canterbury gallop1773 tittuping1780 cantering1828 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > trot trotc1386 trottingc1460 jog1635 succussation1646 jog-trot1796 juba1825 Canterbury trot1830 foxtrot1872 fadge1873 trotlet1879 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker v. i Have I practic'd..my smooth Ambles, and Canterbury Paces? 1675 Charac. Fanatic in Harl. Misc. VII. 637 A Canterbury rack, half pace, half gallop. 1717 E. Ward Wks. II. 6 With whip and spur he might beat-up Into a Canterbury tit-up. 1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Canterbury gallop, the hand gallop of an ambling horse, commonly called a canter; said to be derived from the monks riding to Canterbury on easy ambling horses. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. ii. 20 The most confirmed gait that he could establish, was a Canterbury gallop with the hind legs. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. vii. 296 On horseback, and off at a Canterbury-trot. < as lemmas |
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