Topic: OTHER SPORTS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | quarriere, from an unrecorded quarre 'square stone', from Latin quadrum 'square' |
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | cuiree 'inside parts of a killed animal given to the hunting dogs', probably from Late Latin corata, from Latin cor 'heart' |
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quar‧ry1
plural quarries
plural quarries1TI [countable] a place where large amounts of stone or sand are dug out of the ground : a slate quarry
a slate quarry2 [singular]DSO the person or animal that you are hunting or chasing : Briefly, the hunter and his quarry glared at each other.
Briefly, the hunter and his quarry glared at each other.