Also 3 cul (ü). [f. KILL v.]
† 1. A stroke, blow. Obs. rare–1.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 128. Ase swin ipund ine sti uorte uetten, & forte greaten aȝein þe cul of þer eax.
2. The act of killing an animal hunted as game.
1852. R. S. Surtees, Sponge’s Sp. Tour, ix. 48. A run with a kill.
1883. E. Pennell-Elmhirst, Cream Leicestersh., 404. The second run … led to a charming scamper, with a clean kill at the end.
1890. Sir R. Payne-Gallwey, Lett. to young Shooters, 145, note. In all-round shooting, fifteen kills to twenty shots is rarely done.
3. A killed animal, esp. one killed by sportsmen or by beasts of prey.
1878. J. Inglis, Sport & Work, xxi. 287. In beating for tiger,… the appearance of the kill … often affords valuable indications to the sportsman.
1893. Selous, Trav. S. E. Africa, 424. I cherished a hope that the lions … would return and drive the hyænas off their kill.
