road-goosen.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊdɡuːs/, U.S.

/ˈroʊdˌɡus/

Inflections: Plural road-geese.

Forms: 1600s– road-goose, 1800s– rode-goose, 1900s– rawd-goose.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: rood goose n., rot-goose n.

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of rood goose n. or rot-goose n., perhaps by folk-etymological association with road n. (see discussion at rood goose n.). Compare rat goose n.

English regional. Now rare.

The brent goose, Branta bernicla. Cf. rood goose n., rot-goose n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta bernicla (brant)

rood goose1531

brant1544

rout1550

brent1570

brant-goose1597

red goose1609

rot-goose1625

road-goose1673

rat goose1676

bra-goose1749

ware-goose1852

1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 95 The road-Goose, or small Wild Goose.

1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ iii. 276 (heading) The Rat-Goose or Road-goose. Brenthus fortasse.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 151 The Rat or Roadgoose, of Mr. Willoughby, agrees in so many respects with this kind [sc. the brent goose], that we suppose it to be only a young bird not come to full feathers.

1824 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 261 The Brent Goose is known in some parts of England by the name of Rat or Road Goose.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 793 Rode-goose, a local name given by fowlers to the Brant-Goose.

1902 J. A. Owen & G. S. Boulger Country Month by Month (new ed.) x. 377 It is also called ware-goose and road-goose, and its call note is a loud ‘honk-honk!’

1921 J. H. Gurney Early Annals Ornithol. viii. 92 The Brent is a bird which I have often heard called Rode or Road Goose on the estuary of the river Tees in Durham, where in winter it is rather common.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. App. III Rood or Rawd-goose, Brent Goose..; formerly very common in winters about the Tees mouth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	road-goose
释义	road-goosen. Brit. /ˈrəʊdɡuːs/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌɡus/ Inflections: Plural road-geese. Forms: 1600s– road-goose, 1800s– rode-goose, 1900s– rawd-goose. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: rood goose n., rot-goose n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of rood goose n. or rot-goose n., perhaps by folk-etymological association with road n. (see discussion at rood goose n.). Compare rat goose n. English regional. Now rare. The brent goose, Branta bernicla. Cf. rood goose n., rot-goose n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta bernicla (brant) rood goose1531 brant1544 rout1550 brent1570 brant-goose1597 red goose1609 rot-goose1625 road-goose1673 rat goose1676 bra-goose1749 ware-goose1852 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 95 The road-Goose, or small Wild Goose. 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ iii. 276 (heading) The Rat-Goose or Road-goose. Brenthus fortasse. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 151 The Rat or Roadgoose, of Mr. Willoughby, agrees in so many respects with this kind [sc. the brent goose], that we suppose it to be only a young bird not come to full feathers. 1824 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds X. 261 The Brent Goose is known in some parts of England by the name of Rat or Road Goose. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 793 Rode-goose, a local name given by fowlers to the Brant-Goose. 1902 J. A. Owen & G. S. Boulger Country Month by Month (new ed.) x. 377 It is also called ware-goose and road-goose, and its call note is a loud ‘honk-honk!’ 1921 J. H. Gurney Early Annals Ornithol. viii. 92 The Brent is a bird which I have often heard called Rode or Road Goose on the estuary of the river Tees in Durham, where in winter it is rather common. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. App. III Rood or Rawd-goose, Brent Goose..; formerly very common in winters about the Tees mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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