语言选择:
免费网上英汉字典|3Dict

Belted cattle

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Belted \Belt"ed\, a.
   1. Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid;
      girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted
      knight; a belted earl.

   2. Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.

   3. Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.

            Three men with belted brands.         --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   {Belted cattle}, cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a
      broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of
      the body is black; -- called also {blanketed cattle}.

Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[a^]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods,
   property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods,
   property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head,
   chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
   part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf. {Chattel}.]
   Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
   all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
   asses, and swine.

   {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
      

   {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
      a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
      prevent cattle from getting upon the track.

   {cattle louse} (Zo["o]l.), any species of louse infecting
      cattle. There are several species. The {H[ae]matatopinus
      eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck
      blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.

   {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
      plague}.

   {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which
      cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.

   {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
      for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
      accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
      domestic products and of implements.
依字母排序 : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z