单词 | dorking |
释义 | Dorkingn. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating an old breed of large domestic fowl having relatively short legs and five toes, originating in south-east England. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of rumpkin1676 bantam1749 Jersey blue1758 Dorking1779 Plymouth Rock1806 Java1813 shack-bag1816 Negro fowl1835 creeper1847 Minorca1848 cuckoo fowl1850 Leghorn1850 Brahmapootra1851 Ancona1853 shanghai1853 Andalusian1854 Bolton bay1854 Corsican cock1854 jacinth1854 Minorca1854 spangle1854 yellow leg1854 Crèvecœur1855 sultan1855 Hamburg1857 Leghorn1857 Yokohama1865 Houdan1871 Langshan1871 Wyandot1881 sultan hen1882 silkie1885 Orpington1887 rock1889 silver-grey1889 Campine1892 Rhode Island Red1893 Faverolles1902 Rhode Island White1905 Malines1906 Rhode Island1914 Australorp1922 maranc1934 1779 M. Wilkes Let. 7 Sept. in J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 285 On Friday morning; I shall arrive, alderman-like, with some Dorking fowls for your acceptance. 1873 J. S. Bowler Let. 6 July in F. Curtiss-Wedge Hist. Renville Co. (1916) II. xli. 1295/2 For stock I have a cow, a Dorking hen, a Buff Cochin and a Pencil-neck Brahma cock. 1915 Irish Monthly 43 99 So he walks round the chimney-top waddling sedately..with the measured step of a Dorking cock. 2012 Your Chickens Apr. 47/2 Lighter coloured on the stem than on the webbing; a desirable marking in dark Dorking females and Welsummers. II. Simple uses. 2. The Dorking breed of domestic fowl; a bird of this breed. ΚΠ 1829 ‘M. Dods’ Cook & Housewife's Man. (ed. 4) iii. 507 Darkings white, and Polanders black, are good layers, and approved for the table. 1875 T. C. Burnell Exhibition Dorking x. 32 It is the peculiar shape which makes the Dorking—the square, deep, and massive body, and the full chest. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 876/2 A race originated in France by crossing Houdans with Dorkings and Light Brahmas. 2006 Countryman Dec. 74/1 Dorkings are good layers; most will go broody, make good mothers, and are quite docile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779 |
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