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English Wikipedia has an article on:clay pigeonWikipedia

Etymology

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The term is a remnant of the history of trap shooting. Originally, live pigeons were used as targets, but they were gradually replaced with clay disks and ultimately banned. Later, clay was replaced with more suitable raw materials.

Noun

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clay pigeon (plural clay pigeons)

1. A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.

Synonyms

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• clay target

Derived terms

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• clay pigeon shooting

Related terms

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• clay target shooting

Translations

[edit] target in sport shooting

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 飛碟 / 飞碟 (zh) (fēidié) Danish: lerdue (da) c Finnish: savikiekko (fi) German: Tontaube (de) f, Wurftaube (de) f Italian: piattello (it) Korean: 클레이 피전 (keullei pijeon) Norwegian: Bokmål: leirdue m or f, due (no) m or f Nynorsk: leirdue f Romanian: taler (ro) n Swedish: lerduva (sv) c

See also

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• skeet
• skeet shooting
• sporting clays
• trap
• trapshooting, trap shooting

Anagrams

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• glycopenia

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