black game

British  

noun

1. another name for black grouse

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Example Sentences

Dressed in their black game jersies, they laughed and teased one another like privileged children of royalty.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

On some parts of the manor there was black game, and in the season woodcocks, snipes, and other wild fowl; in fact, all these frequently breed in that part of the country.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry

I know to some black game, far away up the hill.

From Fern's Hollow by Stretton, Hesba

Game, as defined by the Night Poaching Act of 1828 and the Game Act of 1831, is pheasant, partridge, black game, red grouse, bustard and hare.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

"Bears, wolves, deer, besides, of course, black game, capercailzie, ptarmigan—every thing one could desire."

From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton