name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
longe
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Pronunciation
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/lʌnd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ʌndʒ
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homophone: lunge
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CMU ARPABET: L AA1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing.
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noun
Meaning 3
A lunge; a thrust.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
The training ground for a horse.
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noun
Meaning 5
plural of longa
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Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
Meaning 6
To work (a horse) in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.
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Usage: US, transitive
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History
Etymology
From French allonger (“to lengthen”), or Latin longa (“long”), i.e. the long rope.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: juoksutusliina — long rope used while longeing
- French: longe — long rope used while longeing
- Japanese: 調馬索 (chobasaku) — long rope used while longeing
- Polish: lonża — long rope used while longeing
- Dutch: longeren — work a horse in a circle
- Finnish: juoksuttaa — work a horse in a circle
- Japanese: 調馬索 (chobasaku) — work a horse in a circle
- Norwegian: longere — work a horse in a circle
- Spanish: varear — work a horse in a circle
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