单词 | pilage |
释义 | pilagen. Now rare. A covering of fur or hair; = pelage n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur fleecea1000 dowlc1535 pilagea1626 a1626 F. Bacon De Calore et Frigore in Wks. (1859) III. 651 Cold maketh the pilage of beasts more thick and long, as foxes of Muscovy, sables, &c. 1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 214 In winter..the fur becomes dense from the woolly pileage, which gives a lighter color to the coat than during midsummer and autumn. 1895 Amer. Anthropologist 8 356 Many of the shrubs bristle with a stiff pilage from root to petiole. 1943 Sci. Monthly Mar. 200/2 The truly remarkable change of color in the pilage of the varying hare, dun-colored in summer and white in winter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1626 |
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