ˈrough-footed, a.
Also 5 rouh-, roghe-, 6–7 ruffe-, and see row a.1 3.
[rough a.]
1. Having feathered feet. Chiefly in spec. names of birds, as rough-footed dove, rough-footed eagle, etc.
| 1495 Trevisa's De P.R. xii. vii. 417 Therfore rouh foted [1398 rowe-fotid, 1535 roughfoted] douues brede well nyghe in euery month. 1530 Palsgr. 264/1 Roughe foted dove, coulomb. 1594 Barnfield Affect. Sheph. ii. vii, Ile giue thee fine ruffe-footed Doues to keepe. 1611 Cotgr., Cheveche,..th'ordinarie rough-footed, and short-taild Owle. 1668 Charleton Onomast. 63 Morphno congener,..the Rough-footed Eagle. Ibid. 75 Alba, Lagopus,..the white and rough-footed Partridge. 1678 Ray Willughby's Ornith. 156 A rough footed Cock and Hen. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Pigeon, The tame Rough-footed ones differ not much from the wild [pigeons]. 1783 Latham Gen. Synop. Birds IV. 709 Rough-footed Cock. 1834 Mudie Brit. Birds I. 74 The principal [fancy pigeons] are the Barbary, the Laced, the Norway, the Rough-footed [etc.]. |
2. Wearing shoes of undressed hide with the hair on. Now Hist.
| a 1529 Skelton Agst. Scottes 170 Of the out yles the roughe foted Scottes. 1542 Elder Let. to Hen. VIII in Bannatyne Misc. (1827) I. 13 They call ws in Scotland Reddshankes, and in your Graces dominion of England roghe footide Scottis. 1818 [see red-shank 1]. 1825 Scott Talism. xv, Though the rough-footed knaves be our enemies in Cumberland. |