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ortolan|ˈɔːtələn|
Also 6–8 ortolane, 7 ortulan, hortulan(e, 8 ortelan.
[In sense 1, a. obs. F. hortolan, ortolan gardener (15th c. in Godef.), ad. L. hortulān-us, f. hortul-us, dim. of hortus garden; in sense 2, a. later F. ortolan (Cotgr. 1611 hortolan), a. Prov. ortolan or It. ortolano gardener, because this bird frequents gardens: cf. also L. hortulānus adj., of or belonging to the garden.]
†1. A gardener. Obs. rare.
1526St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 534, I yielde my sylffe entyerly to the wyll of the moost notable ortolane.
2. A small bird, a species of bunting (Emberiza hortulana), found in most European countries, as well as in northern Africa and western Asia, and highly esteemed for its delicate flavour; the garden-bunting. Also called ortolan bunting.
1656Cowley Verses & Ess., Horace, Epod. ii. (1669) 108 Nor Ortolans, nor Godwits, nor the rest Of costly names that glorify a Feast. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 67 As fat as Hortulans in France and Italie. c1714Pope Lett. (1735) I. 144, I love no Meat but Ortolans, and no Women but you. 1766Goldsm. Ess., writ. by Ordinary of Newgate, He..would eat an ortolan for dinner though he begged the guinea that bought it. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 145 The Ortolan is a small singing bird..common in France, Italy, and other parts of Europe. It is the epicure's prime morceau. 1895Ld. Rosebery in Daily News 3 July 7/4 The choicest morsel that you can put before an epicure, and that is an ortolan inside a quail.
1834Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) II. 33 The ortolan bunting. 1843Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds I. 457 The Ortolan Bunting is only a summer visiter to the middle and northern countries of Europe.
b. Applied in America and the West Indies to two other birds somewhat resembling the above, and esteemed as table delicacies, viz. the bobolink or rice-bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), and the soree or sora rail (Porzana carolina).
1666J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isls. 89 There are also Black-birds, Feldivars, Thrushes, and Hortolans, in a manner like those of the same name among us. 1793B. Edwards West Ind. iv. 99 note, The most delicious bird in the West Indies is the Ortolan or October-bird. It is the Emberiza oryzivora of Linnæus, or rice-bird of South Carolina. |