achter ox, noun phrase
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more Partial translation of South African Dutch achteros (see agteros).
obs. except in historical contexts
after-ox sense 1.
1882 J. Nixon Among Boers 172The two most powerful oxen in the span are chosen as the ‘achter’, or pole oxen.
1944 J. Mockford Here Are S. Africans 65If the way was rough or dangerous, he would walk beside the achter oxen, or run up and down the length of the team, exhorting each member of it by name.
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