Hart (deer) Hart (deer) Hart is an archaic word for "stag" (from Old English "heorot", "deer" – compare with modern Dutch "hert", medieval French "hart", German "Hirsch" and Swedish/Norwegian/Danish "hjort", also "deer"). Specifically, "hart" was used in medieval times to describe a red deer stag more than five years old. In medieval hunting terms, a stag in its first year was called a "calf" or "calfe", in its second a "brocket", in its third a "spayed", "spade", or "spayard", in its fourth a "staggerd" or "staggard", and in its fifth a "stag", or a "great stag". To be a "hart" was its
Deer hay wind a scene "The Gathering before the Stag Hunt" which clearly portrays wattle fencing of the kind used in a deer hay wind. The town of Hayes in West Middlesex derives its name from the presence of a deer hay in the area. The village of Elrick near Aberdeen is named after an elrick and the surname 'Elrick' is common in the area. In 1559 seven acres of land near Tarbolton named Longhuntflat was leased by John Stewart and his wife Helen Cunninghame of Halrig. Deer park (England) Deer hay wind A Deer hay wind, Deer fold or Elrick is an