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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish dyszel, from Middle Low German dîsel.
Pronunciation
Noun
ды́шло • (dýšlo) n inan (genitive ды́шла, nominative plural ды́шла, genitive plural ды́шел or дышл, relational adjective дышлово́й)
- drawbar, shaft (attached to the front axle of a trailer; historically, the central shaft used to harness two animals to a wagon)
- Hypernym: (of a horse-drawn vehicle) огло́бля (oglóblja)
1873, Николай Лесков , “Глава вторая”, in Очарованный странник; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Enchanted Wanderer, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Я стал припомина́ть и вспо́мнил, как нас ло́шади понесли́ и я на коне́ц ды́шла бро́сился и пови́с над я́мищей; а что да́льше бы́ло — не зна́ю.- Ja stal pripominátʹ i vspómnil, kak nas lóšadi poneslí i ja na konéc dýšla brósilsja i povís nad jámiščej; a što dálʹše býlo — ne znáju.
- I began to recall and remembered how the horses had bolted on us and I had thrown myself onto the end of the shaft and was left hanging over the abyss; but what happened next I didn’t know.
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