单词 | ostridge |
释义 | † ostridgen. Obsolete. A goshawk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter gentilis (goshawk) goshawkc1000 ostour1293 ostridgec1330 thief1486 star-hawk1668 pigeon hawk1731 blue hawk?a1775 gos1787 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 176 (MED) Michel he couþe of hauk & hounde, Of estriche faucouns [c1475 Caius ostours] of gret mounde. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 157 Bryddes as Ostrycches [Fr. oustours], Gerfacouns, Sparehaukes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Astrucier,..an Ostridger; one that keepes or catches, Ostridges. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. cxxvi. 386 Apollo order'd it to be made up into Pellets, to feed his Ostridges. CompoundsΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconer > [noun] > keeper of type of hawk austringer1472 sperviter1486 ostridge-keeper1653 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lv. 242 Before them stood the falconrie, managed by Ostridge-keepers [Fr. astruciers] and Falconers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1330 |
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