noun
- a small European finch with a red breast and forehead
Usage: archaic; chiefly British
Examples
- The lintwhite sang sweetly from the hedgerow.
- In old poetry, the lintwhite was often mentioned alongside other songbirds.
- The farmer spotted a lintwhite feeding on seeds in his field.
- Burns wrote of the lintwhite in his Scottish verses.
- The lintwhite’s red plumage made it easy to identify among the sparrows.