单词 | hard feathered |
释义 | > as lemmashard feathered hard feathered adj. ΚΠ 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Encañonarse las aves To be hard feathered. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxxviii. 218 Having taken them [sc. your Cocks] up, view them well, and see that they are sound, hard feather'd, and full summ'd, that is having all their feathers compleat. 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Poultry Bk. xxii. 235 The ordinary farm-yard fowls show a strong likeness to the game breed, arising from the custom..of putting game cocks out ‘to walk’... The close, hard feathered, neat, compact fowls, seen in so many districts, evidently result from this custom. 2000 Cornish World Oct. 21/1 It is a ‘hard feathered’ breed that keeps its feathers close to its chest, and looks like the archetypal cartoon chicken. < as lemmas |
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