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Definition of Heathfowl
1. Noun. Large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heathfowl
Literary usage of Heathfowl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1824)
"... between 1 Oth December and 12th August in any year; or any heathfowl between
10th December and 20th August in any year ; or any partridge between 1st ..."
2. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"The 13th Geo. III. c. 64, enumerates, 2. Partridges, " 6. heathfowl, 1. Mares, 5.
... heathfowl (commonly called Black-game), and 4. ..."
3. Arguments and Decisions, in Remarkable Cases: Before the High Court of by John Maclaurin Dreghorn (1774)
"... any muir-fowl from the ift of *' January to the 2oth of July, or partridges
or heathfowl from the *' 1ft of February to the 2oth of ..."
4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1806)
"... always disposed to believe .,in attending to his fate : that every part of
nature is employed • While thus the heathfowl covey, day by day, Is lessened, ..."
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