Meanings
- not comparablerarebug-eyed, bulging
Heaven be praised, he was a dog of birth and breeding! His head was smooth; his eyes were prominent but not gozzled; his feet were feathered; he was the equal of the best-bred cocker in Wimpole Street.
Woolf, Virginia. Flush (1933), Page 321 more example
[He then gives the Spaniel Club's description of the 'Eyes':] 'Full, not prominent, hazel or brown-coloured, with a general expression of intelligence and gentleness, though decidedly wide-awake, bright, and merry; never gozzled or weak, as in the King Charles and Blenheim kinds'
Dalziel, Hugh. 1888. British Dogs: Their Varieties, History, Characteristics, Breeding Management, and Exhibition. Second Edition, 3 vols. London: L. Upcott Gill. Derrida, Jacques. 1981
Origin
Apparently a misprint of "goggled" or a reference to standing out like gooseberries, or groseille.
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