单词 | battle-cock |
释义 | > as lemmasbattle-cock b. An encounter between two animals, especially when set to fight to provide sport. Hence battle-cock, a fighting cock. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] battle1605 pitting1773 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence (1628) viii. 284 Beasts of battaile, as is..the beare. 1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. i. xix The breeding of these Cocks for the battail, is much differing from those of the dung-hill. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. iii. 34 His Cocks do winne the Battaile, still of mine. View more context for this quotation 1704 London Gaz. No. 4005/4 There will be..a Cock Match..for 6 Guineas a Battel. < as lemmas |
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