English Dictionary

hummel

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhʌm(ə)l/

名詞

イングランド北部方言 スコットランド英語 未分類 限定用法

(Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.

日本語の意味

角が十分に生育しなかった牡鹿（角の発達に失敗した雄の鹿） / 角が発達していない牝牛（角の成長に乏しい雌牛）

When we found the solitary hummel by the riverbank, the old gamekeeper shook his head and whispered about the poor animal's fate.

川辺で孤独な角の生えなかった雄鹿を見つけたとき、老いた猟師は首を振り、その哀れな動物の運命をささやいた。

意味（1）

(Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.

A pure Aberdeenshire heifer was served with a pure Teeswater bull, to whom she had a first-cross calf. The following season, the same cow was served with a pure Aberdeenshire bull; the produce was a cross calf, which at two years old had very long horns, the parents both hummel.

意味（2）

(also attributive) Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).

The farmers ſervants who have families, and engage by the year, are called hinds, and receive 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two laſt articles are called hummel corn, […]

hummels （ plural ）