Deer modern Germanic languages save English and Scots retain the more general sense: for example, German "Tier" and Norwegian "dyr" mean "animal". For many types of deer in modern English usage, the male is a "buck" and the female a "doe", but the terms vary with dialect, and according to the size of the species. The male red deer is a "stag", while for other large species the male is a "bull", the female a "cow", as in cattle. In older usage, the male of any species is a "hart", especially if over five years old, and the female is a
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