cascrom

发音

/ˈkaskɹəm/

词形变化

cascroms 复数 cascroms

别名

caschrom

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands.

    苏格兰

    1843, James Logan, The Scottish Gaël; Or, Celtic Manners: As Preserved Among the Highlanders, 1st American Edition, page 309, That excellent instrument the cascrom, literally crooked foot, a kind of foot plough, which the Highlanders can manage with great dexterity, and which is too little known,* is still used in mountainous districts, and, from its excellent adaptation to the culture of rugged and steep hills, where a plough cannot be used, is not likely ever to be superseded by any implement.

    1866, The St. James's Magazine and United Empire Review, Volume 16: April—July, page 90, The other was the “cascrom,” a very old Celtic implement, intermediate between the spade and the plough.

词源

From Scottish Gaelic, from cas (“foot”) + crom (“crooked, bent”).

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