'Fallow chat' definitions:

Definition of 'Fallow chat'

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  • Fallow \Fal"low\, a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f["o]lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plav[u^] white, L. pallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. polio`s gray, Skr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
  • 1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. [1913 Webster]
  • Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zool.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). See Wheatear. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'fallow chat'

From: GCIDE
  • Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail. [1913 Webster]