Knobbler

Origin

en + -knobble + er

Full definition of knobbler

Noun

1. (hunting, animal husbandry) The hart in its second year; a young deer.
• 1931, w, Blanket Of The Dark, They had begun by running a knobbler in the Shabbington coverts, but in the afternoon the sport had been better, for they had found a stag of ten in the oak wood by Stanton
• 1971, This was explained when we got up to the beasts, for they were all dead, six of them: five hinds and calves and a small knobbler. They had been struck by lightning.

Synonyms

• knobber