单词 | shackatory |
释义 | † shackatoryn. Obsolete. rare. ? A huntsman's underling, a beater. The explanation ‘an Irish hound’ is also given in some dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant at hunt > one rousing game or beater teisera1425 starter1607 shackatory1630 rouser1801 beater1845 flanker1893 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iii. i. 79 The Irish Footman can tell you all his hunting houres..that Irish Shackatory beates the bush for him, and knowes all. 1640 ‘Ben-Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew sig. Fv For Time..is an excellent footman; no Shockatory comes neere him if hee once get the start, hee's gone, and you gone too. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1630 |
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