单词 | coney warren |
释义 | coney warrenn. Now chiefly historical. A rabbit warren. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > burrow or warren clapperc1400 cunnigar1424 warrena1425 coneygarth1429 coney-close?1472 coney hole?c1475 berry1486 coney holda1500 coney-clapper1530 coney yard1532 coneyry1570 coney burrow1575 coney gratec1580 coney-gat1591 coney green1599 coney warren1616 coney ground1617 rabbit hole1667 stop1669 rabbit burrow1723 stock1736 rabbit warren1766 stab1838 warrener1864 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. iii. 648 You must bee carefull round about the verdge of your conie Warren in the most secret and obscure places..to place trappes and ginnes. 1655 S. Hartlib Reformed Virginian Silk-worm 17 The multiplying of Cunny-warrens. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 71 I observed a coney-warren walled about with stone. 1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening x. 339 A Fox will prey on any thing he can overcome... He proves injurious and destructive to Coney-warrens. 1795 Hull Advertiser 28 Nov. 2/2 The Manor and Soke of Caistor, with the Royalty, Coney Warren, and encroachment Rents. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 22/2 Near this town..there is a large common, called Hutton Conyers Moor,..on which there is a large coney-warren belonging to the lord. 1957 J. Thirsk Eng. Peasant Farming vii. 171 At Benniworth, indeed, the commoners in James I's reign had even considered renting a cony warren from the lord in order to destroy it and turn it back to pasture common. 2010 M. Archer et al. Bird Observatories 63 Rabbits..were kept in cony warrens and collected mostly for the aristocracy as a delicacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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