dishorn, v.
(dɪsˈhɔːn)
[dis- 7 a.]
trans. To deprive of horns, cut off the horns of.
| 1598 Shakes. Merry W. iv. iv. 63 We'll..dis-horne the spirit, And mocke him home to Windsor. 1603 Florio Montaigne (1632) 436 A chiefe Gossip of his had a Goate dishorned. 1884 Law Times 21 June 139/1 The question was with respect to dishorning cattle, or cutting off their horns quite close to the skull. 1890 Daily News 17 Feb. 5/6 A convert to dishorning..Now he dishorns his Guernsey cows. |