turbit

American  

[tur-bit] / ˈtɜr bɪt /

noun

1. one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.

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turbit British  

/ ˈtɜːbɪt /

noun

1. a crested breed of domestic pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of turbit

1680–90; variant of turbot; apparently because, like the fish, the bird is toplike in outline

Example Sentences

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turbit

White soop, turbit, and lobstir sos; saddil of Scoch muttn, grous, and M'Arony; wines, shampang, hock, maderia, a bottle of poart, and ever so many of clarrit.

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by William Makepeace Thackeray

White soop, turbit, and lobster sos; saddil of Scoch muttn, grous, and M'Arony; wines, shampang, hock, madeiria, a bottle of poart, and ever so many of clarrit.

From International Short Stories English by Various

The turbit has a short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding, slightly, the upper part of the oesophagus.

From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

But it is worthy of note that Ramusio has cubebs instead of turbit.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule

The head should be round and smooth, the neck thin, and the tail similar to that of the turbit.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton