leghorn

leghorn
a) A type of dried wheat straw, fabric made from it, or a hat made from that fabric.

The cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn was obviously not actually a leghorn because he was much too big.

b) A member of a breed of chickens.

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  • LEGHORN — (Livorno), main port of Tuscany, central Italy. In the middle of the 16th century, when Leghorn was a miserable, malaria infested village, its rulers, the Medici, decided to turn it into an important port and to attract foreigners to settle it.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • leghorn — [ legɔrn ] n. f. • 1888; mot angl., du n. angl. de Livourne ♦ Poule d une race estimée, bonne pondeuse. Des leghorns. ⇒LEGHORN, subst. AGRIC., ÉLEV. A. Subst. fém. sing. Race de gallinacés dont la poule est excellente pondeuse. On a… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • leghorn — LEGHÓRN s.n. Rasă de găini cu penajul variat colorat, bune producătoare de ouă. [pr.: legórn] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 18.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  LEGHÓRN s.n. Rasă de găini foarte bune producătoare de ouă. [< engl. leghorn].… …   Dicționar Român

  • Leghorn — Leg horn (l[e^]g h[^o]rn), n. A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Leghorn — ist der englische Name der italienischen Stadt Livorno eine nach dieser Stadt benannte Hühnerrasse siehe auch: Foghorn Leghorn, eine Figur aus der Trickfilmserie Looney Tunes Diese Seite ist ein …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Leghorn — breed of fowl, 1869, from Leghorn, city in Italy (modern Livorno, 16c. 17c. Legorno), from L. Liburnus, from the native people name Liburni, which is of unknown signification …   Etymology dictionary

  • Leghorn — (engl.), so v.w. Livorno …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Leghorn — (spr. légg hōrn), engl. Name für Livorno (s. d.). Danach Bezeichnung einer Rasse des italienischen Huhnes, s. Huhn, S. 615 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Leghorn — (spr. leggorn), engl. Name von Livorno; danach auch Bezeichnung des Livorneser Huhns, eines reingezüchteten Farbenschlags des Italienischen Huhns (s.d.), das aber wirtschaftlich nur geringen Wert hat …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Leghorn — • City in Italy. Suffragan of Pisa Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • leghorn — lèghorn m DEFINICIJA zool. vrsta bijelih kokoši koje nesu velik broj jaja, nastala križanjem talijanskih i španjolskih kokoši ETIMOLOGIJA engl., prema engleskom i njemačkom imenu talijanskog grada Livorna …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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