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Crèvecœur|ˈkrɛvkœr|
[Fr., = heart-break (see quot. 1909).]
A variety (usually black) of the domestic fowl of French origin, resembling the houdan in body, but characterized by a comb consisting of two large coral-red horns. Also abbrev. Crève (Crêve).
1855Poultry Chron. III. 285 The Crèvecœur fowls. Ibid. 286 The Crèvecœurs exhibited at Baker Street. 1873L. Wright Bk. Poultry xxvi. 415 The Crêve is the bulkiest in appearance of all the French races. 1883Daily News 3 Oct. 2/2 The pretty Houdans and Crèvecœurs. 1904S. W. Thomas in L. Wright's Bk. Poultry xxxi. 452/1 The spiral crest is gone, and so is the Crêve comb. Ibid. 456/1 The very finest Crêves even now attain greater size than the largest Houdans. 1909T. W. Sturges Poultry Man. xvii. 527 The Crève-Cœur..is one of the oldest of the French breeds... They derive their name from the peculiar shape of the comb (Crève-cœur..split hearts), the comb being like a V with a broad base and filled up half its height with a protuberant growth of flesh. |