upriazhka loshadei

English translation: a team of horses

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Russian term or phrase:упряжка лошадей
English translation:a team of horses
Entered by: artyan

21:01 Jul 18, 2001
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Russian term or phrase: upriazhka loshadei
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natasha
a team of horses
Explanation:

"Team" is good for the Russian "upryazhka" (you can say "a team of horses", "a team of dogs", etc.)

Below are some more:

coachfellow - loshad' v parnoy upryzhke
spike team - upryazhka iz trekh loshadey
unicorn team - veernaya upryazhka
unicorn - upryazhka troykoy

Hope that this helps you.

Best regards.
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artyan
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na +3a team of horses
artyan
na +1a team of horses
Alexander Alexandrov
nadraft of horses (explanation follows below)
janasru
nahorse relay
slavist


  

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40 mins peer agreement (net): +3
a team of horses


Explanation:

"Team" is good for the Russian "upryazhka" (you can say "a team of horses", "a team of dogs", etc.)

Below are some more:

coachfellow - loshad' v parnoy upryzhke
spike team - upryazhka iz trekh loshadey
unicorn team - veernaya upryazhka
unicorn - upryazhka troykoy

Hope that this helps you.

Best regards.


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artyan
United States
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agree  Oleg Pashuk (X)
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agree  Christopher Gierig
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agree  Victoria Levin
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draft of horses (explanation follows below)


Explanation:
упряжка = (in mining) "shift"
упряжной adjective) "draft"(horse)
упряжь = (railroad) "draft gear or draw gear"
лошадь = horse
"horsehead" term is used in mineral extraction = it is the curved part at the end of the arm of an oil pump; it keeps the cable attached between the arm and the pump rods running at a fixed radius.

"draft of horses"
Hope you can find something suitable for your translation

JANANI

janasru
India
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7 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
a team of horses


Explanation:
team:
1)a team of horses [of dogs] — упряжка лошадей [собак]
tandem team — упряжка цугом
unicorn team — веерная упряжка
team driver — возчик; погонщик
to walk at the head of a team — идти в голове упряжки; быть вожаком упряжки (о собаках); быть коренником (о лошадях)
2) диал., амер. упряжка с экипажем, выезд

rig - амер. разг. упряжка; экипаж с лошадью



    New Big English-Russian Dictionary (Mednikova, Apresyan), Moscow, 1993.
Alexander Alexandrov
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:38
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agree  Oleg Pashuk (X)
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horse relay


Explanation:
In my opinion - better than "team of horses".
Draught horse!!!
Not draft horse - упряжная лошадь


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