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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/, /lɛˈɡɔːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡhɔɹn/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
Noun
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 1986, p. 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.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 65:
- (countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.
Translations
small white chicken breed
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Anagrams
- Herlong
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English leghorn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛx.ɦɔrn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: leg‧horn
Noun
leghorn m (plural leghorns)
- leghorn, breed of chicken from Livorno
French
Noun
leghorn f (plural leghorns)
- leghorn
Further reading
- “leghorn”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.