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4 examples of turbit in sentences
The head should be round and smooth, the neck thin, and the tail similar to that of the turbit.
[Illustration: TURBIT PIGEONS.
THE TURBIT PIGEON.This variety bears a strong resemblance to the Jacobin, having a kind of frill in the fore part of its neck, occasioned by the breast-feathers lying contrariwise and standing straight out.
Like the Turbit pigeon, the Owl has a remarkable tuft of feathers on the breast, it having been compared by some to the frill of a shirt, and by others to a full-blown white rose.