‖agteros, noun
- Forms:
- Also achteros.
- Plurals:
- agterosse/ˈaxtə(r)ɔsə/, agterossen.
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans (earlier spelling achteros), agter rear + os ox.
historical
after-ox sense 1. Also attributive. Cf. vooros.
1896 R. Wallace Farming Indust. of Cape Col. 269As many as five spans are sometimes yoked to a waggon to get it out of the mud. The ‘voor-ossen’ and ‘achter-ossen,’ or the first and last pair, being picked specimens, used to be worth in the good old early days as much as £16 each, and the whole span would average about £12.
after-ox sense 1. Also attributive.
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