terret
/ter-it/US // ˈtɛr ɪt //UK // (ˈtɛrɪt) //
餍足,餍足者,塔塔,餍饫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
Examples
And by him that spake only as a philosopher and natural man, it was well said, Pompa mortis magis terret quam mors ipsa.
Terret, ter′et, n. one of the two round loops or rings on a pad-tree, through which the driving reins pass.
Hence the necessity of the wooden tree of a saddle, and even of a terret-pad to bridge the ridge.
Remove the reins from the pad terret or trace tug and allow them to fall to the ground.
Pompa mortis magis terret quam mors ipsa—The solemnity associated with death awes us more than death itself.
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