fieldfare

American  

[feeld-fair] / ˈfildˌfɛər /

noun

1. a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.

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fieldfare British  

/ ˈfiːldˌfɛə /

noun

1. a large Old World thrush, Turdus pilaris , having a pale grey head and rump, brown wings and back, and a blackish tail

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Etymology

Origin of fieldfare

before 1100; Middle English feldefare (with two f 's by alliterative assimilation), Old English feldeware perhaps, field dweller

Example Sentences

To be honest at first I was more excited about a picture I’d taken earlier, which I had thought was a fieldfare – a type of thrush.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2015

“Verily, some folks be born as old as their grandmothers,” said Agatha, accepting a fieldfare from the sewer, and squeezing a lemon over it.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

On the southern side of London, at least in the districts I am best acquainted with, there was hardly a fieldfare or redwing to be seen for weeks and even months.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

"I'll undeceive 'em quickly now, I bet a crown; And whether fieldfare, tit, or crow, Vill bring 'em down."

From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 03 by Seymour, Robert

She neither shrieked nor fainted; but no poor January fieldfare was ever colder, no ice-house more dank with perspiration, than she was then.

From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas