单词 | partridger |
释义 | † partridgern. Obsolete. A hawk for catching partridges; a person who hunts or catches partridges. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] > partridge hunter partridger1575 walker1848 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 188 If your Goshawke be once a good Partridger, beware that you let hir not flee the Poute, or the Feasant, for the Feasant fleeth not so long a flight as the Partridge doth. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Perciere, a partridger, a hawke for partridges. 1601 F. Tate tr. King Edward II's Househ. & Wardrobe Ordinances (1876) §59. 45 A partringer. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Perdriseur, a Partridger, or Partridge-taker; also, an Officer that hath the commaund of that Game, in France. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1575 |
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