sheldraken.

Brit.

/ˈʃɛldreɪk/, U.S.

/ˈʃɛlˌdreɪk/

Forms: Middle English sheldedrake, selddrake, shelledrake, Middle English scheldrak, Middle English–1500s scheldrake, 1600s–1800s shell(-)drake, 1700s shel-drake, sheldrach, 1700s–1800s shieldrake, (1800s shield-drake), 1500s– sheldrake.

Etymology: probably < sheld adj. + drake n.² A northern form skeldraik (see scaledrake n.) is recorded from 1600. Connection with shield n. is improbable, since ‘spot of colour’ is not an established sense of this word, as it is of the cognate German schild and Old Norse skjǫldr (compare skjǫldóttr dappled). The commonly cited Old Norse skjǫldungr, occurring in a late alliterative list of bird-names, is not identifiable (the Icelandic names of the sheldrake are brandgás and andakóngur). The form scheldrack given by Gesner (Anim. III. 131) is apparently < English.

A bird of the genus Tadorna of the duck tribe, frequenting sandy coasts in Europe, North Africa, and Asia, and remarkable for its bright and variegated colouring.†Occasionally applied to the North American canvas-back.

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sheldrakec1325

bergander1544

skeeling-goose1578

scaledrake1600

burranet1602

sheld-fowl?1606

burrow-duck1678

vulpanser1706

shelduck1707

mountain duck1711

sly-goose1776

Brahminy duck1813

paradise duck1813

red goose1848

stock annet1852

c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 164 La herle [glossed the selddrake, v.r. sheldedrake].

c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 802 Herle, schelledrake.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 762/39 Hic umnis, a scheldrak.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 266/2 Scheldrake a byrde.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. i. 89 All those Teales, Curres, Sheldrakes, and peckled Fowles, which come hether in winter.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 96 Mergus Harle..the Shell-drake.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 364 The Swallow-tail'd Sheldrake of Mr. Johnson.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 28 The Sheldrake, or Borough-Duck: Tadorna Bellonii.

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 130 Sheldrach, or Canvas back.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 58 The shell-drake seems, through the mist, as large as the scarf.

1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. vii. 217 Charley shot the sheldrake of Port Essington (Tadorna Rajah).

1856 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds V. 137 Ruddy Shieldrake... Collared Duck. Tadorna rutila.

1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 229 The Shieldrake is the most remarkable of all the Duck tribe, not only from its size, but from its beauty and the elegant variations of its plumage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sheldrake
释义	sheldraken. Brit. /ˈʃɛldreɪk/, U.S. /ˈʃɛlˌdreɪk/ Forms: Middle English sheldedrake, selddrake, shelledrake, Middle English scheldrak, Middle English–1500s scheldrake, 1600s–1800s shell(-)drake, 1700s shel-drake, sheldrach, 1700s–1800s shieldrake, (1800s shield-drake), 1500s– sheldrake. Etymology: probably < sheld adj. + drake n.² A northern form skeldraik (see scaledrake n.) is recorded from 1600. Connection with shield n. is improbable, since ‘spot of colour’ is not an established sense of this word, as it is of the cognate German schild and Old Norse skjǫldr (compare skjǫldóttr dappled). The commonly cited Old Norse skjǫldungr, occurring in a late alliterative list of bird-names, is not identifiable (the Icelandic names of the sheldrake are brandgás and andakóngur). The form scheldrack given by Gesner (Anim. III. 131) is apparently < English. A bird of the genus Tadorna of the duck tribe, frequenting sandy coasts in Europe, North Africa, and Asia, and remarkable for its bright and variegated colouring.†Occasionally applied to the North American canvas-back. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Tadorna (sheldrake) sheldrakec1325 bergander1544 skeeling-goose1578 scaledrake1600 burranet1602 sheld-fowl?1606 burrow-duck1678 vulpanser1706 shelduck1707 mountain duck1711 sly-goose1776 Brahminy duck1813 paradise duck1813 red goose1848 stock annet1852 c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 164 La herle [glossed the selddrake, v.r. sheldedrake]. c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 802 Herle, schelledrake. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 762/39 Hic umnis, a scheldrak. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 266/2 Scheldrake a byrde. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. i. 89 All those Teales, Curres, Sheldrakes, and peckled Fowles, which come hether in winter. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 96 Mergus Harle..the Shell-drake. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 364 The Swallow-tail'd Sheldrake of Mr. Johnson. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 28 The Sheldrake, or Borough-Duck: Tadorna Bellonii. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 130 Sheldrach, or Canvas back. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 58 The shell-drake seems, through the mist, as large as the scarf. 1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. vii. 217 Charley shot the sheldrake of Port Essington (Tadorna Rajah). 1856 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds V. 137 Ruddy Shieldrake... Collared Duck. Tadorna rutila. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 229 The Shieldrake is the most remarkable of all the Duck tribe, not only from its size, but from its beauty and the elegant variations of its plumage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1325
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