| 单词 | heron-hawking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheron-hawking heron-hawking n. now historical the practice or sport of hunting herons using trained hawks or falcons. ΚΠ 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. xvii. 43/1 (heading) Hern hawking. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4539/1 Their Majesties came to this Place, to see the Diversion of Hern-hawking. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 116 Heron-hawking being so favorite a diversion of our ancestors. 1898 Literature 14 May 553/1 Heron-hawking, once so highly esteemed, is practically at an end in this country. 2009 R. Dickinson Falconer on Edge ii. 22 All the good hawking country was now divided into a series of estates that were ringed by sturdy stone walls. This all but put an end to the gentlemanly sport of heron hawking. < as lemmas |
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