lather
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- noun
- /ˈlæðər/
:
espuma
- Just look at that lather.
- a lather of sweat
Examples
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"He was in a full lather for probably close to an hour.
Blog text (10) -
But his lather never once complained or even flinched; it was not his way.
Fiction book (1993) -
A burning cigar emerges from the lather around Norville's face.
Fiction book (1994) -
They have a smell like sweat and fresh-tanned hides, the same sweet lather smell as horses.
Fiction book (1997) -
It took a couple of minutes, by which time the filly had broken out into a sweat, a lather forming against her neck and inside her haunches.
Fiction book (1990) -
His fingers rubbed the smooth cheek; the razor came riding diagonally up with a crisp sound, trailing lather and making the bristles sprout behind it.
Blog text (4) -
After a long race, the horse was covered in a thick layer of sweat lather that glistened in the sunlight.
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The trainer rubbed down the exhausted horse, noticing the white foam of sweat lather forming on its flanks.
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As the horse galloped across the field, a fine lather began to coat its skin from the strenuous exercise.
How Frothy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lather once meant a kind of wet 'foam', the froth that can appear from heavy sweating on a horse, so a horse 'in lather' is covered in that sweat-foam after hard work.