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Turbit. World English Historical Dictionary

Turbit. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. Turbit Also 8 -et. [app. f. L. turbo a top, from its figure; cf. TURBOT.] A small fancy variety of the domestic pigeon, distinguished by its stout rounded build, a short beak, the ruffle or frill on its neck and breast, and a small crest. Also attrib.

1 1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. 244/2. The Turbit Pigeon, or Cortbeck.

2 1725.  Bradley’s Fam. Dict., s.v. Pigeon, Many Sorts of Pigeons, such as Carriers,… Jacobins, Turbits, Helmets, [etc.].

3 1859.  Darwin, Orig. Spec., i. (1878), 16. The turbit has a short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast.

4 1896.  Westm. Gaz., 17 Feb., 2/1. He has a strain of the turbit pigeon in him, while all the rest are just the common wild Blue Rock sort.

5   Hence Turbiteen, an oriental frilled variety of domestic pigeon resembling the turbit, and said to be derived from it. Also attrib.

6 1876.  H. P. Caridia, in R. Fulton, Bk. Pigeons, 317. The Turbiteens. These are the present Oriental Turbits, which twenty-five years ago were marked as the present British Turbits.

7 1885.  Bazaar, 30 March, 1265/1. Handsome chequered turbiteen cock.

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