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Definition of Clay pigeon
1. Noun. Target used in skeet or trapshooting.
Definition of Clay pigeon
1. Noun. A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clay Pigeon
Literary usage of Clay pigeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pigeon Shooting: With Instructions for Beginners and Suggestions for Those by Albert W[illiam] Money, Arthur Corbin Gould (1896)
"This is because no ordinary shooter breaks a clay pigeon thrown from a strong
trap, until it has traveled about 25 yards from the trap, which, ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"... clay pigeon Co., 31 Fed. Rep. 466. 7. US Rev. Stats., § 4918. The jurisdiction
of a court of equity to repeal a patent is based on the general powers of ..."
3. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1888)
"The admirable result obtained is now presented to the public in the shape of the
Patent Flying clay pigeon, which is made of light, very brittle pottery ..."
4. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Set., RW Baker, м-; i Station Road, к i. clay pigeon ... clay pigeon Shooting
Association. Sec., AP Page. Elcy Estate, Angel Road. N.18. CRICKET. ..."
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