单词 | rufter-hood |
释义 | rufter-hoodn. Falconry. Now historical. A kind of loose-fitting hood used on a newly caught hawk during the training period. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > hood tabere1467 hoodc1575 rufter-hood1575 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 141 Hauing a greate and easie rufterhoode, you muste hoode and vnhoode hir oftentymes. 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. iii. 9 Let her sit where she may rest quietly for the first night, either seeled, or in a rufter hood. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. x. 36/1 When she..hath put forth all her Feathers, take her out of the Room, and furnish her with a Rufter-hood. 1773 J. Campbell Treat. Mod. Faulconry xxxii. 219 Give her a fortnight's carriage, or more, in her rufter-hood. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 35 A rufter hood is put upon the hawk the moment he is taken. It is lighter than the common one. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 220 The Rufter-Hood..is made in two pieces, having a neat seam down the centre, and, like the hood-proper, has a hole for the beak, and also a slit at the back with a brace. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark (1933) xii. 269 The eyasses clung dully to their leashes..and seemed to have no wish to get rid of their rufter-hoods. 1999 A. Walker Encycl. Falconry 41/2 In former times, the hawk-trapper's rufter hood..was made with a wide beak-opening so that a newly caught hawk could feed comfortably through it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575 |
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