† herd-groom Obs.
[f. herd n.2 + groom.]
A shepherd-lad; a herdsman, shepherd.
| c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame iii. 135 An han thise lytel herde gromes That kepen bestis in the bromes. c 1440 Compleynt 418 in Temple Glas (E.E.T.S.) 64 On bankys hy a-mong the bromys, Wher as these lytylle herdegromys Floutyn al the longe day. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 35 So loytring liue you little heardgrommes, Keeping your beastes in the budded broomes. 1619 Drayton Past. ix. (R.), But he forsakes the herd-groom and his flocks, Nor of his bagpipe takes at all no keep. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. vii. lxviii, Upon his shield that cruel herd-groom played. |