单词 | capon's flight |
释义 | > as lemmascapon's flight a. The distance which a bird can or does fly. †capon's flight (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > distance of flight1600 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxii. 121 Let it [sc. the doue-house] be distant a flight or two from any water. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 4 Above the flight of Pegasean wing. View more context for this quotation 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Flight Capon's Flight, a compass of ground, such as a capon might fly over, due to the eldest of several brothers in dividing the father's effects, when there is no principal manour in a lordship. c1820 S. Rogers Meillerie in Italy 28 Within an eagle's flight. < as lemmas |
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