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Definition of Staggards
1. staggard [n] - See also: staggard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staggards
Literary usage of Staggards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of North Wales by Walter Davies, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) (1810)
"Cloven stakes are entirely omitted; the toppings of the planted staggards, &c.
are stuck on the ditch bank perpendicularly, but inclining so as to become in ..."
2. Edward III by William Parsons Warburton (1902)
"... that whereas our dear cousin Edward Balliol, King of Scotland, at various
times hunted and took sixteen stags, six hinds, eight staggards, three fawns, ..."
3. The History of the Life and Times of Edward the Third by William Longman (1869)
""Know, that whereas our dear cousin, Edward Balliol, King of Scotland,1 at various
times hunted and took 16 stags, 6 hinds, 8 staggards,2 3 fawns, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"... till their horns lengthen into spears, and then they are termed brocks or
staggards. During the first season they never leave their mothers. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"... till their horns lengthen into spears, and then they are termed brocks or
staggards. During the first season they never leave their mothers. ..."
6. General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales by Walter Davies, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) (1815)
"In countries where quick-fencing is best understood, staggards are planted a spit
deep in the natural soil. The roots then are imbedded in the very centre ..."
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