| 单词 | stick covert |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick covert stick covert n. Fox-hunting (now rare) a covert (covert n. 3) consisting of sticks, and often artificially created; = stick cover n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > covert > artificial stick covert1848 stick heap1863 stick pile1883 1848 Era 5 Nov. 4/4 Having partaken of wine and biscuits at the hall, the field made a move for the stick covert, an almost never-failing find. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 296 Stick-covert, a plat of ground stuck with thorns to make a fox-cover. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 550/1 Foxes..found in gorse and stick coverts are often short runners. 1937 Times 29 Nov. 7/4 Going back to the stick covert they changed foxes, but later they fresh found their hunted one and killed him. < as lemmas |
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