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horsecloth

/hawrs-klawth, -kloth/US // ˈhɔrsˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ //

马布,马衣,马甲布,马甲

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural horse·cloths [hawrs-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths]. /ˈhɔrsˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/.

    • : a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.

Examples

  • Betty drew her down beside her under the horsecloth and threw her arms round her; Victoria's body was cold as ice.

  • I will write something on a card, which you will fasten to one of the pommels, throwing over all this horsecloth.'

  • Then the man forming the hinder part of the carnival steed sprang quickly forth from beneath the horsecloth.

  • Beside him, on the horsecloth, lay the fiddle he had made from a shingle.

  • To tell the truth, I was surprised to meet him in the Horsecloth.