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8 horse related terms (carriages, anatomy, breeds, tack)
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gig
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synonyms: stanhope, Tilbury, ~trap, ~pinnace, ~chaise ???
tags: [equestrian] [nautical]
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Definition:1. a light two-wheeled, one-horse carriage2. a light row boat used as equipment on a ship
photo: By Nyírségi taliga, CC0,
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Uses:
I had descended from my gig and was standing in front of him, .
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
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Mr. Collins devoted his morning to driving him out in his gig, and showing him the country;
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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The guests arrived early in carriages, in one-horse chaises, two-wheeled cars, old open gigs, waggonettes with leather hoods, and the young people from the nearer villages in carts, in which they stood up in rows, holding on to the sides so as not to fall, going at a trot and well shaken up.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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"My lads," said he, "we've had a hot day and are all tired and out of sorts. A turn ashore'll hurt nobody— the boats are still in the water; you can take the gigs, and as many as please may go ashore for the afternoon. I'll fire a gun half an hour before sundown."
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1883)
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