“Ratcatcher (attire)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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Ratcatcher (attire)

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Ratcatcher is informal attire worn when fox hunting and consists primarily

of a tweed jacket with tan breeches.^[1] Other specific items of clothing, forming part of the "uniform," might be prescribed by individual hunting clubs.

It is possible that the term was derived from the attire which the "ratcatcher" or "terrier man"

wore. He was probably a crofter and followed the hunt across his land. When

a fox went to ground the terrier man, would send his terrier into the covert to

kill the fox.^[2]

In Victorian England the Rat-catcher, whose occupation was catching rats as a

form of pest control, also used terrier dogs as one way of catching the rats,

and this is probably the reason that the "terrier man" on the hunt was often

referred to as a "ratcatcher." The Tate holds a painting, The Rat-Catcher and his Dogs exhibited in 1824,

^[3]

which illustrates the form of

dress worn by the village ratcatcher in the first half of the 19th century and

demonstrates the similarity between that attire and ratcatcher attire worn in

fox hunting.

The usage of the word "ratcatcher" is demonstrated in a short story,

The Man in Ratcatcher in which one of the characters asks

"Who was the fellah in ratcatcher I passed ridin' that awful old quod

of yours?"^[4]

References

1. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Merriam Webster Dictionary | work = | publisher = | url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ratcatcher | format = | doi = | accessdate = 6 Sep 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = HGS Horse Forum | work = | publisher = | url = http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/rat-catcher-189735.html | doi = | accessdate = 6 Sep 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Ratcatcher and His Dogs | work = | publisher = | url = http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodward-the-rat-catcher-and-his-dogs-n01379 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 6 Sep 2013}}
4. ^'The Man in Ratcatcher' a short story by H. C. McNeilein The Man in Ratcatcher and Other Stories, George H Doran, 1921

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