red gamen.

Brit.

/rɛd ˈɡeɪm/, U.S.

/ˌrɛd ˈɡeɪm/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., game n.

Etymology: < red adj. + game n.

Now historical.

The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Cf. black game n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse)

moorfowl1504

grouse1531

moor game1611

red game1673

red grouse1769

willow partridge1772

red cock1775

moor-bird1812

red ptarmigan1819

willow grouse1850

willow ptarmigan1872

1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 85 The Redgame: Grygallus minor.

1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ ii. 128 The Gor-cock or Moor-cock, or Red-game.

1761 Act 2 Geo. III c. 19 §1 No Person..shall..take, kill..buy [etc.],..any grouse, commonly called Red Game, between the first Day of December and the twenty-fifth Day of July, in any Year.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 398/2 The scoticus, red game, or moor-fowl is peculiar to the British islands.

1834 Times 29 July 6/6 Mr. George Fisher..appeared upon a summons at Bow-street..for unlawfully disposing of certain birds called ‘red game’, between the 19th of March and the 1st of August.

1862 W. P. Lennox Recreations of Sportsman I. 251 Cannock Chase,..the property of the Marquis of Anglesey, swarms (as we know by experience) with red game.

1936 Times 14 Sept. 13/6 The dates were fixed for the close season in England as follows:..Grouse or red game..Dec 1. to July 25.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red game
释义	red gamen. Brit. /rɛd ˈɡeɪm/, U.S. /ˌrɛd ˈɡeɪm/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., game n. Etymology: < red adj. + game n. Now historical. The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Cf. black game n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > genus Lagopus > lagopus lagopus (red grouse) moorfowl1504 grouse1531 moor game1611 red game1673 red grouse1769 willow partridge1772 red cock1775 moor-bird1812 red ptarmigan1819 willow grouse1850 willow ptarmigan1872 willow ptarmigan1872 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 85 The Redgame: Grygallus minor. 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ ii. 128 The Gor-cock or Moor-cock, or Red-game. 1761 Act 2 Geo. III c. 19 §1 No Person..shall..take, kill..buy [etc.],..any grouse, commonly called Red Game, between the first Day of December and the twenty-fifth Day of July, in any Year. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 398/2 The scoticus, red game, or moor-fowl is peculiar to the British islands. 1834 Times 29 July 6/6 Mr. George Fisher..appeared upon a summons at Bow-street..for unlawfully disposing of certain birds called ‘red game’, between the 19th of March and the 1st of August. 1862 W. P. Lennox Recreations of Sportsman I. 251 Cannock Chase,..the property of the Marquis of Anglesey, swarms (as we know by experience) with red game. 1936 Times 14 Sept. 13/6 The dates were fixed for the close season in England as follows:..Grouse or red game..Dec 1. to July 25. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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