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Definition of Royal stag
1. Noun. Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Royal Stag
Literary usage of Royal stag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1884)
"When my cousin Hannah came from Edinburgh to London, she got a place at the bar
of the royal stag," narrated Kirsty, " and I used to go to see her there, ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1838)
"After two hours' labour amongst the cliffs and crags, one of them, a royal stag,
came within shot. My hand trembled with the excess of my anxiety. ..."
3. The King's Peace: A Historical Sketch of the English Law Courts by Frederick Andrew Inderwick (1895)
"... and it was provided that if a freeman hunted a royal stag he should be imprisoned
for a year; if he was not a freeman, then for two years; ..."
4. The King's Peace: A Historical Sketch of the English Law Courts by Frederick Andrew Inderwick (1895)
"... and it was provided that if a freeman hunted a royal stag he should be imprisoned
for a year ; if he was not a freeman, then for two years; ..."
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