main earth

English

Noun

main earth (plural main earths)

  1. (fox hunting) A fox's primary lair. [from 19th c.]
    • 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 24:
      ‘What the hell do you mean by leaving the main-earth unstopped?’ the infuriated voice continued.

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