heronsew
heronsew noun: a heron (originally specifically when small or young).
Noun
heronsew (plural heronsews)
- A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- As when a cast of Faulcons make their flight / At an Herneshaw, that lyes aloft on wing […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Pages, with ready blade, were there, / The mighty meal to carve and share: / O'er capon, heron-shew, and crane, / And princely peacock's gilded train […].1805, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co....
Forms of heronsew
| plural | heronsews |
|---|---|
| alternative form | handsaw |
| alternative form | hernshaw |
| alternative form | herneshaw |
| alternative form | heronshaw |
| alternative form | heronshew |
Origin of heronsew
From Middle English heronsewe, from Old French haironcel, diminutive of heiron.
Questions about heronsew
- What does heronsew mean?
- Heronsew means a heron (originally specifically when small or young).
- What part of speech is heronsew?
- Heronsew is a noun.
- What is the plural of heronsew?
- The plural of heronsew is heronsews.
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