knobber Venery. ? Obs.
(ˈnɒbə(r))
[f. knob n. 1 c + -er1.]
A male deer in its second year: cf. knobbler 1; a brocket.
a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, A Knobber, the second [year]. 1891 C. Wise Rockingham Cast. & Watsons 152 The Hart of the second year was a ‘Knobber’. |