tappit hen

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

稀用 スコットランド英語

(rare) A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle. / (Scotland) A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head.

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At the cellar auction, he bid aggressively on a rare tappit hen of 19th-century port, knowing its 2.25-liter size made it especially valuable.

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意味（1）

(rare) A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle.

意味（2）

(Scotland) A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head.

Blyth , blyth , blyth was she, Blyth was she but and ben; And well the loo'd a Hawick gill, And leugh to see a tappit hen

詳細

tappit hens （ plural ）