ˈhare-ˈwarren
A warren or breeding-place for hares.
| 1647 in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iv. II. 878 Another Rendezvous of the Army was upon the Hare-warren near Kingston. 1668 Sedley Mulberry Gard. iv. i, Like a pack of hounds in a hare warren. 1774 Foote Cozeners ii. Wks. 1799 II. 161 He puts me in mind of a pack of hounds in a hare-warren; by eternally shifting the game, the pursuit never ends. 1829 Sporting Mag. XXIII. 392 A county..which..has degenerated..into a mere hare-warren and pheasant-mew. |