wildebeesten

Example Sentences

• "The wildebeesten were scarce just there; appearing only by twos and threes; with now and then a solitary bull who, after pawing the grass and grunting distant defiance,[…]When first they started off he burst into song, no doubt a hymn to his own prowess—an epic upon the fate of wildebeesten he had slain in the past or a challenge to the one he hoped to get the range of that day.[…]As one ostrich to a farmer is worth a wilderness of wildebeesten, it was something to get sore over."
• "[…]2nd, or, two black wildebeesten in full course at random proper;[…]introduced into heraldry from the colonies, such as the moose and reindeer from Canada, the wildebeesten and oryx from South Africa."
• "Azure in front of Mountains and on a Plain two Black Wildebeesten in full course at random all proper."
• "Licences to shoot 15 wildebeesten were challenged on audit as the fees, amounting to £7 10s. had not been accounted for."
• "The second is gold, and thereon are two black wildebeesten at full gallop.[…]Thus, the Cape of Good Hope has the first quarter, Natal has the wildebeesten, the Orange Free State the orange tree, and the Transvaal the trek waggon."
• "The badge is one of the two wildebeesten in the armorial bearings of the Province of Natal."