moorfowl

American  

[moor-foul] / ˈmʊərˌfaʊl /

noun

Chiefly British.

moorfowls, plural moorfowl plural

1. the red grouse.

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moorfowl British  

/ ˈmɔː-, ˈmʊəˌfaʊl /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• moorfowl
  plural
• moorfowls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of moorfowl

First recorded in 1500–10; moor ¹ + fowl

Example Sentences

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moorfowl

Yet here is a man, a little crazed perhaps, who finds dueling a pitiable farce and who would rather watch the love-antics of moorfowl at sunrise than slaughter them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now and again a woodmouse scampered on fallen log, a hare sprang away from her form, or a moorfowl scuttled to cover in the bracken.

From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay

I hear of a disease among the moorfowl.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

If she were to come, she would come, and I in the dark of the moon and the moorfowl calling.

From Messer Marco Polo by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald

A woman with a kindly face jogged me on the elbow, and from the neuk of her plaid gave me a bit of oatcake and a piece of roasted moorfowl.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John