English Dictionary

longe

IPA（発音記号）

/lʌndʒ/

名詞

廃用

A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing.

日本語の意味

馬の制御や訓練に使用される、約6～9メートル（20～30フィート）の長いロープまたは平らなウェブライン。ブライドル、ローニング用キャビソン、またはハルターに取り付けられて使用される。

Before starting the lesson, she checked the longe for frays and proper attachments to the bridle.

レッスンを始める前に、彼女はロンジングラインにほつれがないか、また頭絡への取り付けが正しいかを確認した。

意味（1）

A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A lunge; a thrust.

[…] he parried my thrusts with great calmness, until I had almost exhausted my spirits; and when he perceived me beginning to flag, attacked me fiercely in his turn.—Finding himself however better opposed than he expected, he resolved to follow his longe, and close with me; accordingly, his sword entered my waistcoat […]

意味（3）

(military) The training ground for a horse.

LONGE.—The training ground for the instruction of a young horse, to render him quiet, tractable, and supple; to give him free and proper use of his limbs, to form his paces, and to prepare him in all respects for the cavalry service.

longes （ plural ）