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Quotation dates: 1772-1814, 1892-1899
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SIDEREP, n. Also sidrep, sidderip, siddrib; seitherip, citherope, sithrop (Ork.). Gen. in pl.: the horse-traces by which a plough, harrow, etc. are drawn (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl.; Ork. 1929 Marw., Sh., Cai. 1970). [Sh., Cai. ′sɪd(ə)rəp; Ork. ′sɪð-]Cai. 1772 J. E. Donaldson Cai. in 18th Cent. (1932) 108:
Horn tows, hair sithrops, fathoms of simmons.Ork. 1814 J. Shirreff Agric Ork. 52:
V, the citheropes, the length of which depends on the size of the horses, but are for the most part nine feet long.Sh. 1892 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 249:
As my faeder wis comin' up I nailed my harrow within his ane, whin snap atwa güed his siddernips [sic].Sh. 1899 Shetland News (8 April):
Tak da harrow, daa. What cam' o' da siddribs? Da siddribs is i' da calf's stammick.
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