old English carrierとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

old English carrier (複数形 old English carriers)

1. Alternative form of old English Carrier
   • 1961, J. W. Langstone, Making a plan for racing long-distance pigeons, page 28:

     In the Antwerp district was found a large type of pigeon, based on the blood of the old English carrier pigeon taken to Belgium by English fishermen and on the Dragoon, big and heavy wattled, a pigeon that reached maturity very early and at the age of a year was said to fly successfully the longest distances.

   • 2013, Carl Naether, The Book Of The Racing Pigeon, →ISBN:

     In the body and the shoulders, the Grooters clearly showed the old English carrier ancestry.