roebuck

[ roh-buhk ]

/ ˈroʊˌbʌk /

a male roe deer.

Origin of roebuck

First recorded in 1350–1400, roebuck is from the Middle English word robucke. See roe², buck¹

The Roebuck would scarcely have ridden out a tornado like this, especially after having been laid on her ribs.

Captain Kyd, Vol. II |Joseph Holt Ingraham
The following words of Macaulay might have been spoken by Grote or Roebuck.

A Short History of English Liberalism |Walter Lyon Blease
After he had gone some distance through the wood a roebuck leapt up and the lap-dog went after it.

More Celtic Fairy Tales |Various
At the same moment part of the network of the haye was lifted up, and a roebuck set free.

Windsor Castle |William Harrison Ainsworth

Nobody entertains a doubt of Roebuck's motion being carried by a large majority against the Government.

The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II) |Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville

roebuck

/ (ˈrəʊˌbʌk) /

the male of the roe deer