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ˈrufter-hood Hawking.
[Of obscure origin.]
A form of hood used for a newly-taken hawk.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 141 Having a greate and easie rufterhood you muste hoode and unhoode hir oftentymes. 1614Latham Falconry i. iii. 9 Let her sit where she may rest quietly for the first night, either seeled, or in a rufter hood. [1678in Phillips, and in later Dicts.] 1828J. S. Sebright Obs. Hawking 35 A rufter hood is put upon the hawk the moment he is taken. It is lighter than the common one. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports 220 The Rufter-Hood..is made in two pieces, having a neat seam down the centre, and, like the hood-proper, has a hole for the beak, and also a slit at the back with a brace. |