| 单词 | springing spaniel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspringing spaniel 7. Of a dog: used during a shoot to cause game birds to rise from cover. Chiefly in springing spaniel (cf. springer spaniel n. at springer n.1 Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [adjective] > causing birds to rise springing1725 1725 D. Eaton Let. 13 July (1971) 30 Mr. Joseph Lynwood..considering..that he had better mind other business than shooting (for they were all springing spaniels), hang'd three of them of his own accord. 1770 T. Page Art of Shooting Flying (ed. 4) 87 If you have an old springing Spaniel,..such a dog may be used with your Pointer with great advantage. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 72 Well-bred and well-taught springing spaniels were abundant. 1872 Bell's Life in London 16 Mar. 3/6 A sagacious ‘springing dog’..always gave a stifled bark before going in on her quarry. 1921 W. A. Bruette Compl. Dog Bk. 138 From the ‘Springing Spaniel’ the whole of the beautiful varieties we now possess have emanated. 2000 A. Mallinson Honorable Company (2001) i. 1 Lying full across the open doorway of the anteroom was a springing spaniel, old and ill-smelling. < as lemmas |
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