| 释义 |
† ˈdeer-hay Obs.
[f. deer + hay, a net set round an animal's haunt.]
A net set for the capture of deer.
1503Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 11 The greatest Destruction of Red Deer and Fallow..is with Nets called Deer-hays and Buck-stalls. 1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest xviii. §9 (1615) 135. 1796 Sporting Mag. VIII. 177 Taking a buck in a deer-hayes, or net, is not unfrequent in parks. |