单词 | badger pie |
释义 | > as lemmasbadger pie badger pie adj. and n. (a) adj. = badger-pied adj.; (b) n. badger-pied coloration; a dog with this colouring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > fox-hound > varieties of badger pie1835 Welsh hound1841 fell hound1893 Walker1895 1835 ‘Nimrod’ Hunting Tours 94 With a good badger-pie complexion, he has a keen eye in his head. 1842 ‘Nimrod’ Horse & Hound 350 Next come the blended, or mixed colours, known in the kennel as ‘pies’. There is..the badger pie, which..is very characteristic of the fox-hound. 1872 ‘Idstone’ Dog ii. 42 ‘Hercules’, the famous stallion Hound,..was a badger pie. 1890 Daily News 31 Mar. 3/2 The Wiltshire squire, whose spurs were earned with the Badminton ‘badger-pies’. 1910 Times 4 Oct. 4/3 The white and badger pie old English harier [sic] is now becoming rare. 1930 R. Clapham in C. Frederick et al. Foxhunting xxviii. 273 Amongst fell hounds, white is the predominant colour, added to which we find lemon and white, black and white, badger pie, hare pie, [etc.]. 1963 E. Kerr Hunting Parson 18 He and a friend..decided to hire two horses and see the famous badger pies for themselves. 2001 V. Moon Middleburg Mystique 108 Pie, a cream or fawn hound color (badger pie: legs, head, belly, and tail of cream while ears and back shade into black with lighter badger-colored hair tips). < as lemmas |
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