spayard

Etymology

noun

  1. (obsolete) The hart in its third year; a young deer
    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. 22 April 1865, unattributed, “Antlers”, in All the Year Round, page 304

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