Houdan

American  

[hoo-dan] / ˈhu dæn /

noun

1. one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.

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Houdan British  

/ ˈhuːdæn /

noun

1. a breed of light domestic fowl originally from France, with a distinctive full crest

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Etymology

Origin of Houdan

First recorded in 1870–75; after Houdan, village near Paris where these hens were bred

Example Sentences

The approach, from Houdan, is perhaps not the most favourable; although we got peeps of the palace, which gave us rather elevated notions of its enormous extent.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

They appear now in strange and diverse guise, the ponderous and feather-legged Cochin-China, the clean-limbed and wiry game, the crested Houdan, the Minorca with its monstrous comb, and the puny bantam.

From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Aitken, Edward Hamilton

The Houdan has the size, deep compact body, short legs, and fifth toe of the Dorking.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

In the outskirts of the town,--and flanked, rather than surrounded, by two or three rows of trees, of scarcely three years growth--stands the "stiff and stower" remains of the Castle of Houdan.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

This condition is found in the Houdan and Dorking breeds.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard