leghorn
See also: Leghorn
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- Leghorn (chicken breed)
Etymology edit
Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leghorn (countable and uncountable, plural leghorns)
- (uncountable) A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
- (countable) A type of hat made from Leghorn straw.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 65:
- When straw-hats had become unfashionable, Mrs. Nollekens hinted to old White, the hatter […] , that possibly he could accommodate her with a Leghorn hat at a moderate rate.
- 1918, Schedules M and N, free list, customs administration and income tax; subject index, page 1515:
- The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.
- (countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.
Translations edit
small white chicken breed
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Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English leghorn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leghorn m (plural leghorns)
French edit
Noun edit
leghorn f (plural leghorns)
Further reading edit
- “leghorn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.