| axemanship | The ability of an axeman; skill in handling an axe. Also fig.; cf. axe n. 1c. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| Bedlington | In full Bedlington terrier: a short-haired terrier characterized by a narrow head, short body, and longish legs. | 1867 | Go To Quotation |
| bogey | The number of strokes a good player may be reckoned to need for the course or for a hole. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| borzoi | A breed of dog, also called the Russian or Siberian wolf-hound. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| cowy | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a cow; bovine. Also fig. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| crab | The action of crabbing or finding fault; an instance of this; an adverse criticism or objection. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| croquet | A game played upon a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven by means of wooden… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| croquet | In the game of croquet: To drive away a ball, after hitting it with one's own, by placing… | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| defectant | = defector n. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| dressage | The training of a horse in obedience and deportment; the execution by a horse of… | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| drop-out | Rugby Football. A drop-kick made from within the defending side's twenty-five-yard line… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| fencelet | A small fence or hedge. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| flyable | Hunting colloq. That can be flown or leapt over. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| fourer | A hit from which four runs are scored. (No longer current.) | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| foxless | Void of foxes. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| Gordon | In full Gordon setter. A black and tan setter (cf. setter n. 11), used as a gun dog. | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| houndy | Of the nature or character of a hound. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| ice hockey | A sport developed from field hockey, played on ice by two teams of skaters who attempt to… | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| keepable | That can be kept or preserved. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| lockable | That can be locked. | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| natational | Of or relating to swimming. Cf. natatorial adj., natatory adj. 2. | 1883 | Go To Quotation |
| otterer | A person who fishes with an otter (otter n. 5a). | 1901 | Go To Quotation |
| paternoster | intr. To fish with a paternoster line. | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| punted | Of a ball: that has been punted. Also (occas.): (of a goal) achieved by punting. | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| rhizomatist | Probably: an expert in rhizomes or propagation from rhizomes. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| rugby union | Chiefly with the and capital initials. An association of rugby clubs formed in England in… | 1871 | Go To Quotation |
| schipperke | A small black dog belonging to the breed so called, distinguished by pointed, erect ears… | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| serpenticide | Killing of serpents. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| slammer | A violent gust (of wind). | 1891 | Go To Quotation |
| snap-shooter | One who practises or is skilled in snap-shooting. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| sorty | Of one kind or sort; similar, alike. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| sphairistike | A type of tennis first played in 1873 which was later developed into and renamed lawn-tennis. | 1874 | Go To Quotation |
| spitzer | Used attrib. to designate a type of cone-shaped bullet with a sharp-pointed end, orig. produced for the German infantry. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| splashed | Pleached; secured or strengthened by pleaching. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| sub-echo | A type of echo (echo n. 8) by which a player indicates the possession of three trumps to his or her partner. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| subniveal | Existing, living, or carried out underneath snow; = subnivean adj. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| subsong | A quiet, relatively unstructured form of birdsong, typically uttered before the full territorial song has developed. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| touchdown | Rugby Football, Amer. Football, etc. The act of touching the ground with the ball… | 1864 | Go To Quotation |
| trappiness | The quality of being ‘trappy’ or containing traps. | 1885 | Go To Quotation |
| troglodytid | A bird of the family Troglodytidæ, including wrens, mocking-birds, etc. | 1890 | Go To Quotation |
| vental | Of or pertaining to the wind. | 1887 | Go To Quotation |
| Webley | The proprietary name of various types of revolver and other small arms, etc., originally… | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
