A rabbit-burrow; also applied to a place constructed for keeping tame rabbits.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > burrow or warren (25) clapperc1400 A rabbit-burrow; also applied to a place constructed for keeping tame rabbits. cunnigar1424 A rabbit warren. Also figurative: †the vagina; = coney burrow, n. 3 (obsolete). warrena1425 spec. A piece of land appropriated to the breeding of rabbits (formerly also of hares). More fully rabbit-warren (see rabbit, n.1 compounds 1a), c… coneygarth1429 A rabbit warren. coney-close?1472 a rabbit warren. coney hole?c1475 A rabbit hole or burrow. Also figurative. berry1486 A (rabbit's) burrow. Hence, the spec. name for a company of rabbits. coney holda1500 A rabbit hole or burrow; figurative a place of refuge or retreat. coney-clapper1530 a rabbit burrow. coney yard1532 a rabbit warren. coneyry1570 A rabbit warren. coney burrow1575 A rabbit burrow. Also; a number of these together, a rabbit warren. coney gratec1580 A rabbit warren. coney-gat1591 a rabbit burrow. coney green1599 A rabbit warren. coney warren1616 A rabbit warren. coney ground1617 a rabbit warren. rabbit hole1667 A hole in the ground made or inhabited by a rabbit; also figurative and in extended use. stop1669 A hole in the ground in which the doe-rabbit secures her litter. Cf. stab, n.3 and stock, n.1 46. rabbit burrow1723 stock1736 A rabbit-burrow. Now dialect. Cf. stop, n.2 24. rabbit warren1766 (originally) a piece of land set aside for rabbit-breeding; (later) a network of interconnected rabbit burrows; (in extended use) a building or… stab1838 (See quot. 1838.) warrener1864 A warren rabbit. Subcategories:— inhabitants of (1) |
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