moorfowl

[ moo r-foul ]

/ ˈmʊərˌfaʊl /

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

the red grouse.

Nearby words

moorburn, moorcock, moore, moore's law, moore, henry, moorfowl, moorhead, moorhen, mooring, mooring buoy, mooring mast

Origin of moorfowl

First recorded in 1500–10; moor¹ + fowl

Also called moorbird.

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Examples from the Web for moorfowl

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

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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