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antlern. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French antiler, antoillier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman antiler, auntiller, auntilor and Middle French antoillier (French †antoillier , †antouiller ; also Middle French andoillier , andeillier , French andouiller ) lowest branch of an antler, brow-antler (a1330 in Anglo-Norman in the passage translated in quot. c1425), any of the branches of an antler (a1377) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *anteoculare , use as noun (short for *anteoculare cornu horn in front of the eyes) of neuter of *anteocularis in front of the eyes < ante- ante- prefix + ocularis ocular adj. (compare post-classical Latin subocularis subocular adj.).In β. forms after the modern French form. The French forms with -d- are probably influenced by a different word, perhaps Middle French andoille type of coarse-grained pork sausage (French andouille : see andouille n.). With the reconstructed post-classical Latin form *anteocularis compare the much later re-formation anteocularis , used in zoological contexts with reference to birds and insects (see anteocular adj.). I. Senses relating to the horns of a deer. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch > lowest or first a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxx. 1176 Þe age of hertes is yknowe by auntelers and tyndes of hornes [L. cornuum ramos], for euerich ȝere it encresseþ by a tynde anon to seuene ȝeere. c1425 (Vesp. B.xii) 151 (MED) Whan an hert hath fourched, and then auntelere [Fr. auntiller], ryall, and surryall, and forched one the one syde, and troched on that other syde, than is he an hert of x and of the more. c1475 (c1399) (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 128 Ȝoure hauntelere-dere where all ytakyn. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in (1843) II. 23 So bygge a bulke of brow auntlers cabagyd that yere. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 6 Chiefe stags vpbearing croches high from the antlier hauted. 1687 (Royal Soc.) 16 225 The Andouilleres of a Staggs Horn. 1728 E. Chambers Antler, among Hunters, the first of the Pearls that grow about the Bur of a Deer's Horn... There are also Sur-Antlers, Brow-Antlers, &c. 1736 ii. i. 209 The Fallow Hart or Stag doth bear his Head high..has small Beams, with long, slender, and ill-grown Antliers. 1849 T. B. Macaulay vii Huge stags with sixteen antlers. 1864 14 Dec. The curious articles made from the brow antler of a stag's horn. 1929 49 14 Tine or point (brow antler, bay-antler or bez-antler, royal antler, sur-royal or crown antler). 2012 B. Terrell ii. 16 Slider's Yankees stocking cap hung from the caribou's lowest antler. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler 1603 H. Clapham viii. 134 They were as Roes, committing themselues to their auntlers helpe. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster ii. i. sig. B3v Are my Antlers swolne so big that my biggen pinches my browes. 1704 I. Sharpe xiii. 82 The Jealous Cuckold..should be obliged to wear two Antlers of a Buck upon the front of his Hat. 1792 S. Rogers ii. 53 High o'er the hearth his forest-trophies hung;..Each vast antler..unwritten records bore, Of gallant feats. 1829 W. Scott x. 395 A vaulted apartment garnished with stags' antlers. 1856 A. W. Whipple in (U.S. War Dept.) III. i. 90 New species of pouched rats, an owl, and magnificent antlers of a mountain sheep, had been secured. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) II. 834 The reindeer use the brow tines of their antlers, present in both sexes, as ‘snow-shovels’. 1976 D. Blood i. ii. 54 Visitors to the mountains in summer are most likely to see antlers in their growth phase, when they are covered with ‘velvet’. 2006 Winter 65/1 Finding one antler,..should encourage the finder to conduct a methodical search. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > horn > types of 1872 1 64 There are also many nondescript articles, consisting of sockets made of antler. 1968 I. W. Cornwall iv. 91 The working of fresh antler, as of horn, is facilitated by long soaking in water, whereby its proteinaceous content swells and gelatinizes. 1986 C. G. Hickey in R. B. Morrison & C. R. Wilson iv. 83 Independence I is characterized by..burins for working antler and bone. 2001 R. Nicoll (2002) 376 He saw the boat's priest hanging from its hook under the rowlock and he leaned over to pick it up, examining its ten inches of antler and lead. II. Elliptical uses. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of (noctuid) 1775 M. Harris 9 Phalæna. English Names..Antler. 1869 E. Newman 292 The Antler.—The palpi are slightly porrected, the terminal joint naked. 1896 J. W. Tutt ix. 170 The Antler..is brown in colour, and is characterised by long white or ochreous streaks running longitudinally across the wings. 1902 A. Thomson 304 We did not understand the commotion among the Antlers, which began every morning at a certain time. 1991 J. Owen 124 (table) Antler Cerapteryx graminis (L.). Phrases a1425 Edward, Duke of York (Digby) xxii. 79 Forto knowe a gret hertes trace fro a yonge, and forto knowe a yonge dere of aunteler fro an houndes, and howe many Juggementes and knowleches þer beth. 1607 J. Norden 114 What Deere hath the Lord of this Mannor in his Park, red and fallow: how many of Antler, and how many rascall? 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. ii. 310 in II A new Parke is a making there, to seuer Cuckolds of Antler, from the Rascalls. 1736 ii. i. 232 If any Deer come out that is not weighty, or a Deer of Antlier, which is Buck, Sore, or Sorrel. 1864 R. Longfield v. 23 It was in olden time..unlawful ‘to kill’ a deer of antler in winter. 2014 P. Edwards in P. F. Cuneo vi. 142 In August 1694 his keeper informed him that at least ten brace of prickets and fourteen brace of deer of antler were grazing in the park. Compounds C1. General attributive. 1864 21 Sept. (Brit. Assoc. Special Daily ed.) 5/1 The gravels of the Tone have yielded also a splendid pair of antler-beams. 1883 4 May 373/1 In the trench, on the clay, there were found..a fragment of a stone gorget, worked antler-tips, and several rude arrow-points. 1954 S. Piggott ii. 43 The same floor produced three antler tines, and Floor 58..another, associated with a heap of minute flakes, indicating their use as pressure-flakers. 1977 A. Russell (1991) ii. 53 Aspen or cottonwood stains the antler beams and points a rich tan shade, and willows make them a bit darker. 1979 in (1996) III. 830/2 He also referred to the antler buds themselves as nummins. 1992 (1994) ii. iii. 54/1 Across species, antler size increases with body size. 2008 U. McGovern (2009) 59 Flakes of flint are detached by exerting downward and outward pressure on the edge of the core using a relatively sharp tool—originally an antler tine, or a sharpened piece of bone or hardwood. 1893 1 28 These objects and the antler knife-handle exhibited with them may be alluded to as the only finds so far made at Trenton. 1929 V. G. Childe ix Antler axes and picks, so primitive as to recall Kitchen-midden types, were in general use. 1938 12 163 In style the engraving reminds one more of the cervids on the well-known Maglemose antler-haft. 1952 J. G. D. Clark (1968) viii. 217 A number of more or less close parallels may be quoted between European neolithic antler tools and implements employed by the Eskimo for working skins. 1958 89 91 (heading) Notes on the Obanian with special reference to antler- and bone-work. 1987 Mar. 46/3 For emergencies we each carry a small antler whistle. 1991 J. Blair & N. Ramsay xiv. 357 The antler-worker's tool-kit..was a simple one. 2001 65 187 A number of possible functions have been suggested for antler combs. It is possible that they were used as beaters-in in weaving. C2. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > charaeas or cerapteryx graminis (antler-moth) 1808 E. Donovan XIII. 53 Phalæna graminis. Antler Moth. 1832 T. Brown I. 75 The Antler Moth..devours a considerable variety of grasses. 1897 13 Sept. 6/2 The grub of the antler moth..has been known to commit such havoc that..the meadows looked as if a fire had passed over them. 1961 R. South (ed. 4) Ser i. 196 Antler Moth..has the fore wings greyish brown or reddish brown, sometimes tinged with ochreous in the paler forms. 2010 D. Wallace et al. in M. Archer et al. 223 Brindled Ochre, Confused and Annulet are three that occupy this habitat, along with healthy populations of Antler Moth. Derivatives 1801 J. Stackhouse iii. 72 Its habit of growth..which at top is divaricating and Antler-like. 1893 R. C. Praed II. 32 It was covered with a wonderful growth of ferns, birdsnests, and staghorns, with branching, antler-like fronds. 2009 16 Nov. 9/1 A sixteenth-century headpiece with antler-like crests that suggests a fearsome hybrid of Darth Vader and a battle-ready elk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.a1398 |
