leveret

Definition

A young hare less than one year old.

Etymology

From Middle English leveret(te), from Old French leveret, diminutive of lievre (“hare”), from Latin leporem, of obscure origin.

Example Sentences

• "[…] Shall I die like a leveret, Without any resistance?—Help, help, help! I am slain!"
• "Fair Hand that can on Virgin-paper write, Yet from the stain of Ink preserve it white, Whose travel o’er that Silver Field does show, Like track of Leveretts in morning Snow;"
• "As when two skilful hounds the leveret wind; Or chase through woods obscure the trembling hind; Now lost, now seen, they intercept his way, And from the herd still turn the flying prey: So fast, and with such fears, the Trojan flew; So close, so constant, the bold Greeks pursue."