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Definition of Rabbit burrow
1. Noun. A hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabbit Burrow
Literary usage of Rabbit burrow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... BY THE RABBIT-BURROW (ON YELL'HAM HILL) IN my loamy nook As I dig my hole I
observe men look At a stone, and sigh As they pass it by To some far goal. ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Massinger, Parl. of Love, ii. 2 (Leonora) ; Dekker, Honest Wh., Pt. II, iv.
1 (Matheo). See clack-dish. clapper, a rabbit-burrow. Tusser, Husbandry, § 36. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"A rabbit burrow is the hole which the animal digs for its own protection. ...
the fortress of a coney or rabbit, a rabbit burrow. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"A rabbit burrow is the hole which the animal digs for its own protection. ...
e fortress of a coney or rabbit, a rabbit burrow. Burse. ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"protect, shelter, fortify, save. A rabbit burrow is the hole which the animal
digs for its own protection. So in W. caer is a castle or fortress, ..."
6. A History of British Birds by William YARRELL, Howard Saunders, Alfred Newton (1874)
"When the nest is in a rabbit-burrow it is not unfrequently visible from the
exterior, but when under a stone it is often placed a long way from the entrance ..."
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