单词 | hunting-field |
释义 | > as lemmashunting-field hunting-field n. the field or ground on which a hunt, esp. a fox-hunt, is going on; (also) the body of mounted huntsmen following the hounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] fieldOE forest1297 seta1425 chasea1440 hunting-fieldc1680 hunting-ground1721 flying county1856 hunt1857 moor1860 the Shires1860 driving moor1873 beat1875 killing ground1877 flying country1883 killing field1915 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > group or band of hunters blast1486 fadea1522 stalec1540 hunting-fieldc1680 chase1811 field1818 harriers1877 c1680 Edward Duke of York in J. Taylor Scot. Covenant. (Cassell) 117 There would never be peace in Scotland till the whole of the country south of the Forth was turned into a hunting-field. 1859 J. S. Rarey Art of taming Horses (new ed.) i. 22 [His] equestrian performances on the course and in the hunting-field. 1873 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs (new ed.) 194 Each in turn first and foremost the hunting field led. a1899 Mod. He lost his life accidentally in the hunting-field. < as lemmas |
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