knobbern.
/ˈnɒbə/, U.S. /ˈnɑbər/ Hunting.
A male red deer in its second year that has antlers appearing as bony knobs; (also) an antler of this kind. Cf. brocket n. 1, knobbler n.1
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year
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1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 6 The second year, a Knobber.
1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular IV. 87 They take the name of knobbers till their horns lengthen into spears, and then they are called brocks or staggards.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. x. 82 The Brocket has only small projections, called knobbers, with small brow antlers.
1891 C. Wise Rockingham Castle 152 The Hart of the second year was a ‘Knobber’.
1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark 65 They had begun by running a knobber in the Shabbington coverts.
2010 Field Feb. 36/1 We began to see disconsolate spikers and knobbers shifting about and could hear stags roaring below us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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