ˈring-dove
[f. ring n.1 So Du. ringduif (Kilian ringhduyve), Da. ringdue, Sw. -dufva, G. -taube: cf. also OS. ringeldûfa, MLG. ringeldûve (ryngelduyve Teut., ringhelduyve Kilian), Da. ringeldue, G. ringeltaube.]
1. The wood-pigeon, cushat, or queest (Columba palumbus); also called ring-pigeon (see ring n.1 19 b).
| 1538 Elyot, Palumba, a..rynge douue. 1587 Harrison England (1878) ii. 15 Foules producted by the industrie of man, as betweene..the fesant and the ring dooue. 1606 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. ii. Magnificence 711 This doth make The Ring-Dove turn; that brings the Culver back. 1624 Middleton Game at Chess iv. iv, The Diuels in't, I'm taken by a Ring-doue. 1668 Charleton Onomast. 77 Palumbus Torquatus, the Ring-dove, or Quiest. 1707 Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 262, I got a pair of Ring-doves Eggs, and hatch'd them under a tame pigeon. 1768 Pennant Brit. Zool. I. 221 The ring-dove is the largest pigeon we have. 1794 Southey Sonnets i, Listening in solitude the ring-dove's note, Who pours like me her solitary song. c 1850 Kingsley Misc. (1859) I. 167 The murmur of the ring-dove comes soft and sleepy through the wood. 1892 A. M. Clerke Fam. Stud. Homer 131 The second Homeric species of Columba is the ring-dove. |
| attrib. 1725 Fam. Dict. s.v. Roast-Meats, Ring-Dove Sauce, with Pomegranate. |
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| 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 15/1 The term Ring Dove is also applied to the Collared Turtle, Columba risoria. |