|
|
Definition of Hobday
1. Verb. To operate on the larynx of a horse in order to improve its breathing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hobday
1. to cure a horse's breathing impediment [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobday
Literary usage of Hobday
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1893)
"DIFFERENT METHODS OF ADMINISTERING PRUSSIC ACID TO CAUSE DEATH. By F. hobday,
MRCVS, Redhill, Surrey. HAVING read of, and also observed, the rapidly fatal ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"145. Halliday, Haliday, Holli- day.—Bapt. ' the son of Haliday,' a name given to
a child born on a loly day ; cf. hobday, Hockaday, Pentecost, Christmas, ..."
3. Report of Cases in Chancery: Argued and Determined in the Rolls Court During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Charles Beavan, Henry Bickersteth Langdale, John Romilly Romilly, Chaloner William Chute (1861)
"N 1833, Maria hobday married Robert Joy, and by A mortgagee a settlement, dated
the 22nd of November, 1833, she conveyed her life estate in 4(5, Bell Yard, ..."
Other Resources:
