英和和英

語源

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

a leghorn chicken

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡhɔːn/, /lɛˈɡɔːn/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɡhɔɹn/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)n

名詞

leghorn (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 leghorns)

1. (uncountable) A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
2. (countable) A type of hat made from Leghorn straw.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 65:

     When straw-hats had become unfashionable, Mrs. Nollekens hinted to old White, the hatter […] , that possibly he could accommodate her with a Leghorn hat at a moderate rate.

   • 1918, Schedules M and N, free list, customs administration and income tax; subject index (page 1515)

     The difference between the two classifications has always been intended to cover unblocked and untrimmed hat bodies, such as panamas, bangkoks, and leghorns, and other hats which are woven by the natives in South American and oriental countries where they are produced.

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

アナグラム

• Herlong