Sentences with phrase «for hunting woodcock»

The duke's spaniels were said to be good dogs for hunting woodcock.

Not exact matches

Until the late 19th century, these were basically the same breed, with the smaller members of a litter used for woodcock hunting.

The Cocker Spaniel was named so for his excellence in the field hunting woodcock.

The smaller ones were used for woodcock hunting, while the larger ones were used to help «spring» the larger game.»

Cocker Spaniels have long been used as a hunting dogs for a game bird called woodcock.

«Cocker» comes from «Woodcock», one of the game birds that the English Cocker Spaniels were bred to hunt for in the undergrowth.

While the larger spaniels where used for springing game, the smaller Cocker was used for hunting in the dense bushes for woodcock — this is how the name «Cocker» came about.