单词 | red poll |
释义 | red polln.2 A breed of red-coated, hornless cattle developed in eastern England in the 19th cent.; an animal of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [adjective] > redpoll red-polled1797 red poll1873 red poley1941 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > hornless > redpolls red poll1873 red-polled1896 1873 Ipswich Jrnl. 21 June 8/1 Mr. Coleman's ten guineas cup, for the best collection of Norfolk and Suffolk red Polls, was awarded to Lord Sondes. 1880 Times 29 Nov. 11/2 It would pay some East Anglian magnate to buy Mr. Dunn's red-poll ox and send him on a tour..to show the breeders..what a standard the red poll is capable of reaching. 1898 H. R. Haggard in Longman's Mag. Oct. 508 Pedigree animals of the Norfolk red-poll breed. 1949 Caribbean Q. 1 ii. 36 A small herd of grade red poll cattle was maintained. 1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All viii. 95 I have kept Red Polls, because they are harmless, and the Suffolk breed for a Suffolk man. 1995 Farmers Weekly 31 Mar. 104/3 Only one true British dual-purpose breed has remained, namely the Red Poll. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.21873 |
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