yellow legn.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊ ˌlɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊ ˌlɛɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., leg n.

Etymology: < yellow adj. + leg n. Compare earlier yellow-legged adj.

1. Now usually in plural. Either of two North American migratory sandpipers, Totanus flavipes (more fully lesser yellowlegs) and T. melanoleuca (more fully greater yellowlegs), having long, thin, dark beaks, long yellow legs, and a grey-brown body with dark markings and pale underparts. Occasionally: †a yellow-legged domestic fowl (obsolete). T. flavipes and T. melanoleuca are also called yellow-legged sandpiper and yellowshank.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of

rumpkin1676

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Jersey blue1758

Dorking1779

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Minorca1848

cuckoo fowl1850

Leghorn1850

Brahmapootra1851

Ancona1853

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Andalusian1854

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Corsican cock1854

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yellow leg1854

Crèvecœur1855

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Rhode Island White1905

Malines1906

Rhode Island1914

Australorp1922

maranc1934

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa flavipes (yellow-legs)

yellow-legged plover1778

yellowshank1785

telltale1813

yellow leg1889

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa melanoleuca

stone-snipe1785

yellowshank1785

telltale1813

turkey-back1888

yellow leg1889

1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 410 Scolopax... This bird is called a yellow leg at Albany fort.

a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) vi. 170 In the marshes [we saw] some curlews and plover; plenty of hawks-eyes,..and some yellow-legs.

1854 Poultry Chron. 2 129 A pen of Brahmas—one pea-comb, two single-combs, one white-legs, two yellow-legs.

1889 Field & Stream 31 Jan. 22/2 Totanus melanoleucus, Greater Yellowlegs.—Common migrant in August, September and October... Totanus flavipes, Lesser Yellowlegs.—Common in August and September, and sometimes seen in spring.

1938 D. C. Peattie Prairie Grove xix. 121 The yellowlegs and the plovers came back then, teetering, piping, foraging.

1994 Canad. Yachting Summer 36/3 I try in vain to capture the greater yellowlegs with my zoom.

2006 Bird Watching Aug. 113/3 A Lesser Yellowlegs was a good find at RSPB Freiston Shore, near Boston, Lincolnshire.

2. U.S. colloquial. A cavalryman in the U.S. army; esp. one in the Confederate army. Also in plural in same sense. Now historical.The name derives from the yellow stripe on the side of the trousers worn by U.S. cavalrymen.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others

jousterc1330

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reiter1556

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lance1602

rutar1610

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right-hand man1626

dragooner1639

leaguerer1639

deli1667

Light Dragoon1700

uhlan1753

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parachutist1837

sabreur1845

yellow leg1857

spahi1863

horse-marine1878

uhlaner1886

1857 Plough, Loom, & Anvil June 715 [East Tennessee's] sons are known and called, west of the Mississippi, ‘Yellow Legs’.

1869 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Apr. 716/1 If you will be kind enough to bring out one of those ‘yellow legs’ (Confederates) in the guardhouse, and let me shoot him, I can die in peace!

1894 J. A. Frye Fables of Field & Staff 109 The ‘Yellow-Legs’ are always great on dismounted duty.

1934 Laredo (Texas) Times 16 Mar. Kec Maynard..learned about horses as a ‘yellow legs’ and then started his career as a screen cowboy.

1983 W. F. Bragg Wyoming: Wild & Wooly 29 A good many Southerners were ‘joined up’ with the Yankee soldiers; or ‘Walk-a-heaps’, as the Indians were apt to call the infantry; and ‘yellow-legs’, or cavalry.

3. North American colloquial. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also in plural in same sense. Now historical.The name derives from the yellow stripe on the side of the trousers worn by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile > mounted > in Canada

redcoat1876

yellow leg1901

Mountie1914

1901 Slocan (Brit. Columbia) Drill 4 Oct. 4/2 Several yellow legs have been in during the week, examining properties.

1924 Baldur (Manitoba) Gaz. 18 Dec. 6/1 No yellow legs would have let himself be caught the way I caught him that day up here on the creek.

1943 W. H. Chase Sourdough Pot xix. 120 These prisoners were marched down the main street in charge of a Mountie, or ‘Yellow-leg’.

1957 G. Shirreffs Rio Bravo i. 6 Francis Xavier Feeley, one of the best yellowlegs who had ever forked a McClellan.

1999 Y. Harris Back to Klondike xii. 132 ‘So now do you yellow legs believe that Crump is the real criminal?’ Gaston demanded of the two Mounties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellow leg
释义	yellow legn. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊ ˌlɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊ ˌlɛɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., leg n. Etymology: < yellow adj. + leg n. Compare earlier yellow-legged adj. 1. Now usually in plural. Either of two North American migratory sandpipers, Totanus flavipes (more fully lesser yellowlegs) and T. melanoleuca (more fully greater yellowlegs), having long, thin, dark beaks, long yellow legs, and a grey-brown body with dark markings and pale underparts. Occasionally: †a yellow-legged domestic fowl (obsolete). T. flavipes and T. melanoleuca are also called yellow-legged sandpiper and yellowshank. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > types of rumpkin1676 bantam1749 Jersey blue1758 Dorking1779 Plymouth Rock1806 Java1813 shack-bag1816 Negro fowl1835 creeper1847 Minorca1848 cuckoo fowl1850 Leghorn1850 Brahmapootra1851 Ancona1853 shanghai1853 Andalusian1854 Bolton bay1854 Corsican cock1854 jacinth1854 Minorca1854 spangle1854 yellow leg1854 Crèvecœur1855 sultan1855 Hamburg1857 Leghorn1857 Yokohama1865 Houdan1871 Langshan1871 Wyandot1881 sultan hen1882 silkie1885 Orpington1887 rock1889 silver-grey1889 Campine1892 Rhode Island Red1893 Faverolles1902 Rhode Island White1905 Malines1906 Rhode Island1914 Australorp1922 maranc1934 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa flavipes (yellow-legs) yellow-legged plover1778 yellowshank1785 telltale1813 yellow leg1889 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa melanoleuca stone-snipe1785 yellowshank1785 telltale1813 turkey-back1888 yellow leg1889 1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 410 Scolopax... This bird is called a yellow leg at Albany fort. a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) vi. 170 In the marshes [we saw] some curlews and plover; plenty of hawks-eyes,..and some yellow-legs. 1854 Poultry Chron. 2 129 A pen of Brahmas—one pea-comb, two single-combs, one white-legs, two yellow-legs. 1889 Field & Stream 31 Jan. 22/2 Totanus melanoleucus, Greater Yellowlegs.—Common migrant in August, September and October... Totanus flavipes, Lesser Yellowlegs.—Common in August and September, and sometimes seen in spring. 1938 D. C. Peattie Prairie Grove xix. 121 The yellowlegs and the plovers came back then, teetering, piping, foraging. 1994 Canad. Yachting Summer 36/3 I try in vain to capture the greater yellowlegs with my zoom. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 113/3 A Lesser Yellowlegs was a good find at RSPB Freiston Shore, near Boston, Lincolnshire. 2. U.S. colloquial. A cavalryman in the U.S. army; esp. one in the Confederate army. Also in plural in same sense. Now historical.The name derives from the yellow stripe on the side of the trousers worn by U.S. cavalrymen. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others jousterc1330 knight1489 rutter1506 reister1521 reiter1556 ruiter1579 hargulater1581 lancer1590 lance1602 rutar1610 dragon1620 dragoon1622 right-hand man1626 dragooner1639 leaguerer1639 deli1667 Light Dragoon1700 uhlan1753 sabre1836 parachutist1837 sabreur1845 yellow leg1857 spahi1863 horse-marine1878 uhlaner1886 1857 Plough, Loom, & Anvil June 715 [East Tennessee's] sons are known and called, west of the Mississippi, ‘Yellow Legs’. 1869 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Apr. 716/1 If you will be kind enough to bring out one of those ‘yellow legs’ (Confederates) in the guardhouse, and let me shoot him, I can die in peace! 1894 J. A. Frye Fables of Field & Staff 109 The ‘Yellow-Legs’ are always great on dismounted duty. 1934 Laredo (Texas) Times 16 Mar. Kec Maynard..learned about horses as a ‘yellow legs’ and then started his career as a screen cowboy. 1983 W. F. Bragg Wyoming: Wild & Wooly 29 A good many Southerners were ‘joined up’ with the Yankee soldiers; or ‘Walk-a-heaps’, as the Indians were apt to call the infantry; and ‘yellow-legs’, or cavalry. 3. North American colloquial. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also in plural in same sense. Now historical.The name derives from the yellow stripe on the side of the trousers worn by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile > mounted > in Canada redcoat1876 yellow leg1901 Mountie1914 1901 Slocan (Brit. Columbia) Drill 4 Oct. 4/2 Several yellow legs have been in during the week, examining properties. 1924 Baldur (Manitoba) Gaz. 18 Dec. 6/1 No yellow legs would have let himself be caught the way I caught him that day up here on the creek. 1943 W. H. Chase Sourdough Pot xix. 120 These prisoners were marched down the main street in charge of a Mountie, or ‘Yellow-leg’. 1957 G. Shirreffs Rio Bravo i. 6 Francis Xavier Feeley, one of the best yellowlegs who had ever forked a McClellan. 1999 Y. Harris Back to Klondike xii. 132 ‘So now do you yellow legs believe that Crump is the real criminal?’ Gaston demanded of the two Mounties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1772
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