单词 | clay pigeon |
释义 | > as lemmasclay pigeon clay pigeon n. originally U.S. a piece of baked clay or other material, serving as a target in trap-shooting; cf. clay-bird n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > trap-shooting > [noun] > object shot at pigeon1875 smoke-ball1881 clay pigeon1888 clay-bird1897 clay1909 1888 Outing Sept. 501 He had broken innumerable glass balls and ‘clay pigeons’ at a trap. 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 958 The Anglo-American Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Traps. 1958Clay pigeon [see sense 6b]. < as lemmas |
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