gissard
English edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps a corruption of geeseherd.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪsɜːd/
Noun edit
gissard (plural gissards)
- (obsolete, rare) One who tends to geese; a gosherd.
- 1584, R. Scot, chapter XXIV, in Disc. Witchcraft, Disc. diuels & spirits, page 528:
- The Thebans had not a better shepherd than S. Wendeline, nor a better gissard to keepe their geese than Gallus.
- 1688, R. Holme, Armoury, volume iii, page 193/1:
- St. Gallus the Patron of Gissards, or Keepers of Geese.
Translations edit
one who tends to geese — see gosherd
References edit
- “†Gi·ssard” on page 181/1 of § 2 (G) of volume IV (F and G, ed. Henry Bradley, 1901) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)