spayard

English

Noun

spayard (plural spayards)

  1. (obsolete) The hart in its third year; a young deer
    • 1865 April 22, All the Year Round, page 304:
      A new membrane destined to be converted into horn develops itself, pushing away the old horn, and the spayard drops his dags, the stag and the hart their horns with antlers.

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