leghorn
See also: Leghorn
English
Alternative forms
- Leghorn (chicken breed)
Etymology
Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Noun
leghorn (countable and uncountable, plural leghorns)
- (uncountable) A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
- (countable) A hat made from that fabric.
- (countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.
- The cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn was obviously not actually a leghorn because he was much too big.
Translations
small white chicken breed
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English leghorn.
Pronunciation
Noun
leghorn m (plural leghorns)
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