单词 | quail pit |
释义 | > as lemmasquail pit quail pit n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > place for other poultry duckery1745 quail pit1773 quailery1843 tealery1890 teal-house1902 1773 F. Sydenham in tr. Plato Dial. II. 148 (note) A circle was drawn in the Quail-Pit, or Gaming-Room, within which Circle were set the Combatant-Birds. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 56 Quails..kept in your own quail~pit and well fed. 1906 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Evening News 16 Apr. 8/2 Quails are so pugnacious that those which..are to be reserved for use at table have to be kept in specially prepared quail pits until needed. < as lemmas |
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