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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

flecked the off pony twice

English answer:

flicked her whip at the right-hand pony twice

Added to glossary by Shirley Fan
Jan 30, 2010 14:43
14 yrs ago
English term

flecked the off pony twice

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
The next day Madame Rosalie drove her team of shaggy ponies down to Fontainebleau and called on the young rogue of an artist. He came out bareheaded and quaking to where she sat in the phaeton waiting. She flecked the off pony twice and told him that as Carmonne had left her she must have a man to help her. Would he come? And she named as salary a sum about five times what he was then making.
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4 +2 flicked her whip at the right-hand pony twice
4 she lashed her horse(s) twice with reins
3 flicked her whip at the offside pony (the one nearer the centre of the road)
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flicked her whip at the right-hand pony twice

Jack's thinking in the correct direction, but in the world of horses, "off side" always refers to the right-hand side of the horse, in reference to the tradition of always mounting from the left side (near side).

"Near and Offside
Just like a car, a horse has a near side and an off side. It is important to remember this as your teacher may refer to near and offside rather than right or left. The near side is the horse’s left and the off side is the horse’s right. You should always mount and dismount using the near side."
http://www.horseridinglesson.co.uk/MountingAndDismountingAHo...
Peer comment(s):
agree Stephanie Ezrol : to fleck means to create a fleck or a small mark, which is rather close to flick
8 hrs
agree Dylan Edwards
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flicked her whip at the offside pony (the one nearer the centre of the road)

I think "off" is used here as "offside" and nearside" are used of cars, i.e. the nearside or near pony is the one nearest the kerb (curb) and the offside or off pony is the one nearest the centre of the road. If her team consists of more than two ponies, it would be the leading offside one which she would "fleck".
Peer comment(s):
neutral Alexandra Taggart : "Near"-because you walk the horse and mount on the left;"Off" -because you have your stck in your right hand.
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she lashed her horse(s) twice with reins

"Off" here is a command to the horse, voiced by the tongue clicking together with a slight lashing with reins the spine of the horse, telling the horse to start moving. to make a sign=to fleck=to sound:http://freethesaurus.net/s.php?q=mark

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Note added at 23 hrs (2010-01-31 14:39:25 GMT)
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Here visibly shown both - the reins lashing and the use of the whip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkobkS0B78&feature=related

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Note added at 1 day9 mins (2010-01-31 14:52:29 GMT)
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Moving forward:http://www.fetishpony.com/prime.php?page=basics
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Reference comments

1 day 1 hr
Reference:

off

On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/off/
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