英和和英

名詞

springhalt (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A kind of lameness in horses, causing the animal to twitch its leg up suddenly.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 1, scene 3]:

     They haue all new legs, / And lame ones; one would take it,
     That neuer see 'em pace before, the Spauen
     A Spring-halt rain'd among 'em.