Meaning

3 senses

  1. (uncountable)A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.

  2. (countable)A type of hat made from Leghorn straw.

    a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

  3. (countable)A small white chicken of a hardy breed.

    Leghorn

    легго́рнleggórn, легго́рнкаleggórnka

    легго́рнlehhórn

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small white chicken breed:
Русский
By meaning 1
small white chicken breed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small white chicken breed:

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported fr

Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.

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Forms

plural: leghorns

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
legendB2legendaryB2legginglegiblelegionC2
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