rot-goosen.

Brit.

/ˈrɒtɡuːs/, U.S.

/ˈrɑtˌɡus/

Inflections: Plural rot-geese.

Forms: 1600s rote-goose, 1900s– rot-goose, 1900s– rotgoose, 1900s rott-goose.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch rotgans.

Etymology: < Dutch rotgans rood goose n., with remodelling of the second element after goose n. Compare earlier rood goose n., and later road-goose n., rat goose n.Henry Hudson (see quot. 1625) was provided with a Dutch ship by the Dutch East India Company for one of his voyages of exploration in northern waters.

British regional. Now rare.

The brent goose, Branta bernicla. Cf. rood goose n., road-goose n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta bernicla (brant)

rood goose1531

brant1544

rout1550

brent1570

brant-goose1597

red goose1609

rot-goose1625

road-goose1673

rat goose1676

bra-goose1749

ware-goose1852

1625 H. Hudson & J. Playse in S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. xiv. 571 They saw the footings of Beasts of other sorts, they also saw Rote-geese.

1833 J. Rennie Domest. Habits Birds 374 On the west side of Greenland..was a great winding and flat shore, resembling an island, where we found many eggs of the bernacles, which the Dutch call Rot-geese. We found, also, some of them hatching, which, on being driven away, cried rot, rot, rot (hence the Dutch name).

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds XVIII. 149 Brent Goose... From the cry of this bird, which is varied, sounding like the different expressions ‘prott’, ‘rott’, and ‘crock’, are derived the names Rott goose, or Rat goose. Road goose, or Rood goose.

1887 A. C. Smith Birds Wilts. xi. 461 Selby calls it [sc. the brent goose] the ‘Ware Goose’ from the marine vegetables which constitute its food; and for the same reason it is known as Rotgans, ‘Rot’, and ‘Road Goose’, with the meaning of ‘Root Goose’.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 19/1 Bean goose, NW. Rotgoose, Obs. Brent goose—Bernicula brenta: this is a wrong identification, e.g. the Brent with the Bean Goose, but this is given as actually in use.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rot-goose
释义	rot-goosen. Brit. /ˈrɒtɡuːs/, U.S. /ˈrɑtˌɡus/ Inflections: Plural rot-geese. Forms: 1600s rote-goose, 1900s– rot-goose, 1900s– rotgoose, 1900s rott-goose. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch rotgans. Etymology: < Dutch rotgans rood goose n., with remodelling of the second element after goose n. Compare earlier rood goose n., and later road-goose n., rat goose n.Henry Hudson (see quot. 1625) was provided with a Dutch ship by the Dutch East India Company for one of his voyages of exploration in northern waters. British regional. Now rare. The brent goose, Branta bernicla. Cf. rood goose n., road-goose n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta bernicla (brant) rood goose1531 brant1544 rout1550 brent1570 brant-goose1597 red goose1609 rot-goose1625 road-goose1673 rat goose1676 bra-goose1749 ware-goose1852 1625 H. Hudson & J. Playse in S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. xiv. 571 They saw the footings of Beasts of other sorts, they also saw Rote-geese. 1833 J. Rennie Domest. Habits Birds 374 On the west side of Greenland..was a great winding and flat shore, resembling an island, where we found many eggs of the bernacles, which the Dutch call Rot-geese. We found, also, some of them hatching, which, on being driven away, cried rot, rot, rot (hence the Dutch name). 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds XVIII. 149 Brent Goose... From the cry of this bird, which is varied, sounding like the different expressions ‘prott’, ‘rott’, and ‘crock’, are derived the names Rott goose, or Rat goose. Road goose, or Rood goose. 1887 A. C. Smith Birds Wilts. xi. 461 Selby calls it [sc. the brent goose] the ‘Ware Goose’ from the marine vegetables which constitute its food; and for the same reason it is known as Rotgans, ‘Rot’, and ‘Road Goose’, with the meaning of ‘Root Goose’. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 19/1 Bean goose, NW. Rotgoose, Obs. Brent goose—Bernicula brenta: this is a wrong identification, e.g. the Brent with the Bean Goose, but this is given as actually in use. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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