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单词 horse collar
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Definition of horse collar in English:

horse collar

noun
  • A thickly padded collar forming part of a draught horse's harness.

    key inventions such as the horse collar greatly improved agriculture
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Deer parks and markets were established, and the horse collar and heavy plough, previously unknown in Gaelic Ulster, were introduced.
    • In the West Frankish realm, horseshoes, horse collars, and mouldboard ploughs suddenly came into use.
    • Despite an improving climate and innovations in agriculture—the horse collar and the wheeled plough—harvests were still barely adequate.
    • He suggests using a modern horse collar, which can increase a water buffalo's power by half.
    • Other items sold were blocks of cattle salt, tobacco, horse collars, harnesses, bolts, nails, and ropes.
    • Slavery in Europe became economically insignificant with the horse collar, which made it efficient to use horses rather than slaves.
    • Ancient horse harness was no more and no less efficient than the famous horse collar of the eleventh century.
    • He pointed to two bulky objects that looked a little like horse collars.
    • He was a Renaissance man of the Victorian era who had made his fortune through the manufacture of leather girdles, horse collars, or some such thing.
    • The development of the horse collar made people able to farm 50 per cent more land.
 
 
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