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Pytchley|ˈpaɪtʃlɪ|
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, used attrib. and ellipt. to denote a famous hunt centred there. Pytchley (riding) coat (see quots. 1907, 1963).
1866J. Blackwood Let. 26 Apr. in Geo. Eliot Lett. (1956) IV. 245, I enjoyed her..laughing at his French accent... It is like the House of Commons..laughing at Bright for talking of the Pittchley. 1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. iv. 74 It lay in the Melton country, and was equally well placed for Pytchley, Quorn, and Belvoir. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 323/1 Pytchley Riding Coat. Full Skirt to cover saddle. 1919J. Buchan Mr Standfast xiv. 257 He used to hunt with the Pytchley. 1935Encycl. Sports 294/1 About 1750, the modern system of hunting was introduced in the Quorn country by Meynell and by Lord Spencer in the Pytchley Hunt. 1955M. Allingham Beckoning Lady ii. 16 Two seasons with the Pytchley foxhounds. 1963Bloodgood & Santini Horseman's Dict. 157 Pytchley coat (More usually called Shadbelly, Swallow tail or Cutaway), tight-fitting, Regency, double-breasted hunting coat (either scarlet or black) worn with a double-breasted buff waistcoat and named after its originators, the thrusters, or hard riding members of the Pytchley Hunt, England. 1969A. Horsbrugh-Porter in A. S. C. Ross What are U? 51 It would be tedious to delve into the date which constituted the name of ‘the shires’, denoting the Pytchley, Quorn, Belvoir, Fernie and Cottesmore Hunts. |