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Drive – Draught Reins

Drive

To deliver a stone with extra force in order to dislodge a winner or a guard, and drive it out of the house.

CURLING] Driver.-[See SKIP.] Drug ice. Soft or dull ice, on which the stones run heavily.

Dry

A seam running through a stone, and rendering it liable to break.

Edge in. To rub one stone gently upon another, so as to assist it slightly in changing its course.

End.-[See HEAD.]

Dew Claw

A rudimentary toe or claw found occasionally upon the inside of the lower portion of the fore and hind legs of all breeds, but especially upon St. Bernards.

Dewlap

Pendulous skin under the throat.

Dish Faced

Having the nose higher at the tip than at the stop (q.v.).

Docking

The practice of cutting or shortening a dog's tail.

Drop-ear

The same as "button-ear."

Dash Board or Splash Board

- A board or leather apron, which is placed in front of vehicle and over the wheels to prevent mud from being thrown up, either by the heels of the horse or by the rotation of the wheels.

Dock

To cut off the end of a horse's tail with a view to the improvement of its appearance.

This is now declared to be cruelty, and punished by fine or imprisonment.

Double-thong

-Verb, to hit the wheelers with the thong of a four-horse whip when "caught."

Noun, when the whip is not required for the wheelers.

Drag

A coach kept for pleasure and not for the carriage of passengers from place to place.

Also the skid or slipper is sometimes called the drag.

Draught Reins

The outer rein of each horse, contrast with the Coupling Reins.

Dumb Jockey.-A wooden contrivance fitted on to a horse's back; from its arms are indiarubber and leather reins. It is used for mouthing young horses.