moorfowl

[ moor-foul ]

/ ˈmʊərˌfaʊl /

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

the red grouse.

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Also called moorbird.

Origin of moorfowl

First recorded in 1500–10; moor¹ + fowl

Words nearby moorfowl

moorcock, Moore, moored, Moore, Henry, Moore's law, moorfowl, moor grass, Moorhead, moorhen, mooring, mooring buoy

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How to use moorfowl in a sentence

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
In the same way moorfowl means, not a moor that is connected with a fowl, but a fowl that is connected with a moor.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
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
The young of moorfowl, larks, pipits, and summer snipe constitute its food on the fells.
Poachers and Poaching|John Watson

The moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
John Splendid|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for moorfowl

moorfowl

/ (ˈmʊəˌfaʊl, ˈmɔː-) /

noun

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

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