Leghorn Definition

lĕghôrn, -ərn
noun
A plaiting made of an Italian wheat straw, cut green and bleached when dry.
Webster's New World
A braided fabric made from this straw.
American Heritage
Any of a breed of small, domestic chicken with white feathers, originating in the Mediterranean region: the prevalent egg-producing breed in the U.S.
Webster's New World
A hat, typically broad-brimmed, made of this straw.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

(dated) The town of Livorno in Italy.

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Other Word Forms of Leghorn

Noun

Singular:
leghorn
Plural:
leghorns

Origin of Leghorn

  • After Leghorn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Leghorn Sentence Examples

  • He died near Leghorn on the 25th of June 1868.

  • There are in Italy six clearing houses, namely, the ancient one at Leghorn, and those of Genoa, Milan, Rome, Florence and Turin, founded since 1882.

  • He reminded her of a Banty rooster facing it off with a big Leghorn.

  • There is daily steam communication (often interrupted in bad weather) with Civitavecchia from Golfo degli Aranci (the mail route), and weekly steamers run from Cagliari to Naples, Genoa (via the east coast of the island), Palermo and Tunis, and from Porto Torres to Genoa (calling at Bastia in Corsica and Leghorn) and Leghorn direct.

  • On being liberated he returned to Tuscany, and the grand duke Leopold II, knowing that he was popular with the masses, sent him to Leghorn to quell the disturbances.

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