| 单词 | playbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplaybird playbird n. now rare a tame bird used as a decoy for catching wild birds in a net (see quot. 18782). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird stalec1440 stall?a1500 chanterelle1601 staling1601 gig1621 fetcha1640 call bird1686 caller1725 stool1825 playbird1878 brace-bird1885 jacky-bird1897 1878 M. Browne Pract. Taxidermy ii. 26 An important actor in the performance is the ‘playbird’, which is a bird braced by a peculiar knot or ‘brace’..on an arrangement called the playstick. 1878 M. Browne Pract. Taxidermy ii. 27 Directly birds appear, the playline is smartly pulled, which has the effect of jerking the playbird upwards, while at the same time it flutters its wings to regain its perch. This motion is mistaken by the wild birds as a natural proceeding; they accordingly alight around the playbird. 1909 S. Lewis Song to Calif. in G. H. Lewis With Love from Gracie (1955) ii. xii. 105 Nestling like a chirping playbird, Low and downy-winged and brown. < as lemmas |
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