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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEGHORN

LEGHORN Leg "horn, n.

 

Defn: A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Leghorn

Leg horn |ˈlegˌhôrn ˈlɛɡhɔrn | another name for Livorno.

 

leghorn

leg horn |ˈlegˌhôrn, ˈlegərn ˈlɛɡhɔrn | noun 1 fine plaited straw. (also leghorn hat ) a hat made of this. 2 ( Leghorn |ˈlegərn, -ˌhôrn |) a chicken of a small hardy breed. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: anglicized from the Italian name Leghorno (now Livorno ), from where the straw and fowls were imported.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Leghorn

Leghorn |ˈlɛghɔːn | old-fashioned name for Livorno.

 

leghorn

leghorn |lɛˈgɔːn, ˈlɛghɔːn | noun 1 [ mass noun ] fine plaited straw. (also leghorn hat ) [ count noun ] a hat made of leghorn. 2 ( Leghorn ) a chicken of a small hardy breed. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Leghorn (Livorno ), from where the straw and fowls were imported.

 

Duden Dictionary

Leghorn

Leg horn Substantiv, Neutrum , das |L e ghorn |das Leghorn; Genitiv: des Leghorns, Plural: die Leghorn [s ] (landschaftlich auch: Leghörner ) englisch ; vom englischen Namen der italienischen Stadt Livorno Huhn einer weitverbreiteten weißen oder braunen Rasse mit hoher Legeleistung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

leghorn

leg horn /1 は léɡhɔː r n, léɡə r n ; 2 は léɡhɔː r n |leɡɔ́ːn /名詞 1 C 〖しばしばL -〗〘鳥 〙レグホン種 〘イタリア原産の鶏 〙.2 U レグホンストロー 〘イタリア産の高級麦わら 〙; C レグホンストロー製の婦人用麦わら帽子 .