单词 | redling |
释义 | redlingn.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa totanus (red(-)shank) redshank1525 redling1655 pool-snite1661 pool snipe1678 red-legged horseman1678 red-legged sandpiper1785 red-leg1798 sand cock1804 snipe1829 redshank gambet1840 teuk1859 yelper1892 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xii. 109 Redlings or Water-Redschancks feed as Water-railes do, and be of the like nourishment. 2. North American. A late-ripening variety of apple noted for its keeping properties, having yellow skin shaded or striped with deep red. Also Cooper's Redling. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1817 W. Coxe View Cultiv. Fruit Trees xxiii. 137 The Redling is a fine winter apple, remarkable for keeping late in the spring in high perfection. 1851 E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. in Nat. Hist. N.Y. ii. 43 Cooper's Redling... Color yellow and fair, ornamented with a dark crimson, spreading over half the apple. 1905 S. A. Beach et al. Apples of N.Y. I. 101 This is now believed to be of Pennsylvania origin and identical with the Redling of Coxe and others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655 |
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