buckjumperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

buckjumper (plural buckjumpers)

1. One who takes part in buckjumping.

   Synonym: buckjump rider

2. A horse that buckjumps.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 77:

     One of the selectors owned a grey cob, one of the most pertinacious buckjumpers I ever saw, whose performances delayed the starting of the expedition for some little time.

   • 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 31:

     I met a chap named Martin Skuthorpe, a buck-jump rider and horse-breaker who was staying at the hotel. My obvious impulse was to ride buck-jumpers.