Plymouth Rock
(ˌplɪməθˈrɒk)
[The spot at which the passengers of the Mayflower landed in New England in 1620.]
Name of a breed of domestic fowls of American origin, characterized by large size, ashen or grey plumage barred with blackish stripes, and yellow beak, legs, and feet.
| 1873 in L. Wright Bk. Poultry (1874) 436 Our modern Plymouth Rock fowl is in no way whatever connected with the Plymouth Rock produced by Dr. Bennett some twenty-five years since, from a cross with the Asiatic fowls. 1892 J. K. Fowler Echoes Old Country Life 238 Another capital race is the Plymouth Rocks bred by the Americans from, I think, a cuckoo-coloured fowl and the Cochin. 1900 Field 23 June 903/2 The Plymouth rock, a useful second class general utility fowl, is not as popular as it was. |