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terret

/ter-it/US // ˈtɛr ɪt //UK // (ˈtɛrɪt) //

餍足,餍足者,塔塔,餍饫

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.