单词 | shovelard |
释义 | † shovelardn. Obsolete. The spoonbill n., Platalea leucorodia. (Cf. shoveller n.1) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > platalea leucorodia shovelardc1440 shovellerc1460 shovel1580 shovel-bill1864 shovel-duck1893 α. β. c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 400 Scholarde, or poplerd, bryd: populus.a1525 Regul. Houshold Earl of Northumb. (1770) 106 Item Sholardes to be hadde for my Lordes owne Mees.1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. D The yong Herne and the Shoulerd are now fat for the great Feast.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/1 Schovelerd, or popler, byrd. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 11 §4 For every egge of every byttour heroune or shovelard eight pence. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xiv. 368 So have Cranes, Hernes, Storks, and Shovelards long necks. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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