† gerfaunt Obs.—1
[app. alteration of Arab. zarāfah giraffe, assimilated to elefaunt.]
A giraffe.
| c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xxviii. 289 In Arabye thei [orafles] ben clept Gerfauntz [Roxb. gyrfauntz]..he hath the necke a 20 Cubytes long. |
† gerfaunt Obs.—1
[app. alteration of Arab. zarāfah giraffe, assimilated to elefaunt.]
A giraffe.
| c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xxviii. 289 In Arabye thei [orafles] ben clept Gerfauntz [Roxb. gyrfauntz]..he hath the necke a 20 Cubytes long. |
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