hawk, or wing-fences

hawk n From their house, which is always situated by the side of the river, they erect two high, and very strong fences, parallel to each other, forming a narrow lane of some length, and stretching in to the country. From the farther end of each, they extend two very long wing-fences, the extremitie...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/34591 2023-12-31T10:19:27+01:00 hawk, or wing-fences image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34591 eng eng H [1770] 1792 CARTWRIGHT Journal i, 8-9 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13917 H_13917_hawk n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34591 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z hawk n From their house, which is always situated by the side of the river, they erect two high, and very strong fences, parallel to each other, forming a narrow lane of some length, and stretching in to the country. From the farther end of each, they extend two very long wing-fences, the extremities of which are from one mile to two, or more, asunder. The deer travel in small companies, few of them exceeding a dozen head, and when they meet with these hawk, or wing-fences, they walk along them, until they are insensibly drawn into the pound, as partridges are into a tunnel net. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 2 wds Used I Used I 2 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
hawk, or wing-fences
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description hawk n From their house, which is always situated by the side of the river, they erect two high, and very strong fences, parallel to each other, forming a narrow lane of some length, and stretching in to the country. From the farther end of each, they extend two very long wing-fences, the extremities of which are from one mile to two, or more, asunder. The deer travel in small companies, few of them exceeding a dozen head, and when they meet with these hawk, or wing-fences, they walk along them, until they are insensibly drawn into the pound, as partridges are into a tunnel net. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN DEC 1972 JH DEC 1972 2 wds Used I Used I 2 Used I
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title hawk, or wing-fences
title_short hawk, or wing-fences
title_full hawk, or wing-fences
title_fullStr hawk, or wing-fences
title_full_unstemmed hawk, or wing-fences
title_sort hawk, or wing-fences
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation H
[1770] 1792 CARTWRIGHT Journal i, 8-9
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13917
H_13917_hawk n
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