单词 | troat |
释义 | troatv. Hunting. a. intransitive. To cry or bellow: said of a buck at rutting time; cf. bell v.4 2, bellow v. 2, groan v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound groan1486 groin1486 troat1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Réer In tearmes of hunting we say, that..the fallow troytes or croynes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Réer Rere, to bellow as a Stag, to trout as a Buck. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Buck A Buck Growneth or Troateth, makes a Noise at Rutting time. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Buck-hunting He groans and troats, as a Hart belleth. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Troat, to bellow, said of the buck. b. Said of a swan. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Cyginae (swans) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound troat1835 1835 G. Darley Nepenthe 23 And [the swan] troats for joy, too proud for song. Derivatives ˈtroating n. and adj. ΚΠ 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 338 Here..the throating Bucks [are said] to lodge. 1900 Sporting Phraseology in Shooting Times 15 Dec. 15/1 Froating or troating, call of buck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1611 |
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