单词 | swanherd |
释义 | swanherdn. One who tends swans; an official having charge of swans. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping of swans > keeper of swans swanherd1482 swanner1524 gamester1593 1482 Rolls of Parl. VI. 224/1 Divers Swanherdes, and Kepers of Swannes. 1554 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 220 For ale for the swanyeardys, ijd. 1554 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 226 Wyne that was geven to swannerds. ?1564 Proclam. Elizabeth I Conserv. Quenes Swannes (single sheet) Euery swanherde intending to keepe any swannes or signettes. 1602–3 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 595 Item ye swanherd for vpping swans ijs. a1634 E. Coke Inst. Lawes Eng. (1648) iv. 280 What authority the Kings Swanheard hath, being of ancient time by his Office Magister deductus Cygnorum, you may reade Rot. Patentium Anno ii H. 4. part. i. m. 14. 1883 in Standard 4 Aug. 3/6 The Queen's Swanherd, and the officials of the..Companies, have just concluded their..swan-upping excursion on the Thames. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1482 |
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