rietbokn.
/ˈriːtbɒk/, U.S. /ˈritˌbɑk/, South African English /ˈriːtbɒk/α. 1700s– rietbok, 1800s reitboc, 1800s reitbok, 1800s ritbock, 1900s– reetbok, 1900s– rietbock.
β. 1800s reitbuck, 1800s– rietbuck.
South African.
The southern or common reedbuck, Redunca arundinum.
ΚΠ
1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope II. xiv. 222 The riet, or reed ree-bok , I saw but once.]
1793 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. II. 44 Rietboks..and Bonteboks..frequented much these hilly and verdant fields.
1827 T. Philipps Scenes & Occurr. 87 Before the day was over we had destroyed pheasants, partridges, orabees, riet bucks, bush bucks, [etc.].
1843 J. C. Chase Cape Good Hope 51 The rietbok..and several others of the antelope tribe are often met with, though they are by no means numerous.
1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife 322 Out bounded a beautiful reit bok which had been lying in the shelter.
1950 Cape Argus 29 July (Mag.) 2/7 There is hardly a homestead within 50 miles of the Game Reserve that does not boast a couple of impala, a rietbuck or two,..or even a pet lion.
1979 J. Gratus Jo'burgers 45 He did not see the fields of ripened mealies nor the ponderous cattle nor even the timid rietbok that had strayed too far from its herd by one of the streams.
2004 F. S. Afolayan Culture & Customs S. Afr. i. 9 The antelopes..whose many species include impalas, heartbeests [sic], kudus, rietboks, oribis, and klipspringers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1793