moorfowl

[moo r-foul]

noun, plural moor·fowls, (especially collectively) moor·fowl. Chiefly British.

the red grouse.

Origin of moorfowl

First recorded in 1500–10; moor¹ + fowl

Also called moorbird.

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Historical Examples of moorfowl

The moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
John Splendid
Neil Munro
The young of moorfowl, larks, pipits, and summer snipe constitute its food on the fells.
Poachers and Poaching
John Watson
We had a moorfowl and mutton-chops for dinner, well cooked, and a reasonable charge.
Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803
Dorothy Wordsworth
From him I learned the story many years before he was either a publican, or a guide, except to moorfowl shooters.
Rob Roy, Volume 1., Illustrated
Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for moorfowl

moorfowl

noun

(in British game laws) an archaic name for red grouse Compare heathfowl

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