main earth

noun

A fox's primary lair.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounmain earth (plural main earths)

plural main earths

  1. fox huntingA fox's primary lair.First known use 19th c.

    ‘What the hell do you mean by leaving the main-earth unstopped?’ the infuriated voice continued.

    1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 24
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