单词 | swannery |
释义 | swanneryn.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping of swans swannery1570 1570 in Archaeologia (1812) 16 159 The true Copy of an old Paper, touching the Swannery found among my Father's Books, and intituled a Copy of the Ordinances for Swans, &c. 2. A place where swans are kept and reared. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping of swans > place where swans kept swannery1754 1754 R. Pococke Trav. (Camden) 95 At the swanery..the walls are built of a stone full of shells. a1773 J. Hutchins Hist. Dorset (1774) I. 538/1 A little W. of the town [sc. Abbotsbury] is a noble swannery, much visited by strangers. 1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 857/2 How many years previous to that time the abbots..had ‘enjoyed’ the privilege of maintaining a swannery is not recorded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1570 |
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