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jennet
[ jen-it ]
noun
- a female donkey; a jenny donkey.
- Also called Spanish jennet,. a small Spanish horse of the Middle Ages, prized as an ideal riding horse for nobility and light cavalry: now considered an extinct type, it was the progenitor of various modern breeds, most notably the Spanish jennet horse .
jennet
/ 藞诲萧蓻苍瑟迟 /
noun
- Also calledjenny a female donkey or ass
- a small Spanish riding horse
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jennet1
First recorded in 1425鈥75; late Middle English, from Middle French genet, from Catalan, variant of ginet 鈥渉orse of the Zenete kind,鈥 from Spanish Arabic 锄颈苍脓迟墨, dialectal variant of 锄补苍腻迟墨 鈥減ertaining to the Zenete tribe (of Berbers),鈥 after 窜补苍腻迟补丑 鈥渢he Zenetes鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jennet1
C15: from Old French genet, from Catalan ginet, horse of the type used by the Zenete, from Arabic 窜补苍腻迟补丑 the Zenete, a Moorish people renowned for their horsemanship
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Bayard stepped up his pace, the jennet pranced and arched her neck, and Robin wanted to get down and swing along with the others.
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Edward III. was likewise an admirer of the horse; he procured fifty Spanish horses, probably jennets.
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I tell thee he who passed was a goodly Knight, clad in a green vesture, and riding on a great black jennet.
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"I have at hand a pair of English jennets which will carry us thirty leagues without drawing rein."
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He had gone with a flock of English sheep to northern Spain, and come back in the same ship with the Spanish jennets which the captain took in exchange.
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