| 单词 | flur-bird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflur-bird ‘A moveable perch to which a bird is tied and which the bird-catcher can raise by means of a long string.’ (Pennant). Also attributive, as flur-bird. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird > perch flur1768 stool1872 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 332 He hath, besides, what are called flur-birds, which are placed within the nets, are raised upon the flur, and gently let down at the time the wild bird approaches them. 1797 P. Wakefield Mental Improv. (1801) I. 57 The flur-birds are braced by a silken string. < as lemmas |
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