clay pigeon

Definition of Clay Pigeon in English :

1. clay pigeon

target used in skeet or trapshooting

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Clay Pigeon

noun

1.

a disc of baked clay hurled into the air from a machine as a target to be shot at

2. US slang

a person in a defenceless position; sitting duck

adjective

denoting a form of shooting in which the target is a disc of baked clay hurled into the air from a machine

clay-pigeon shooting

a brittle, saucerlike disk as of baked clay, tossed into the air from a trap as a target in skeet and trapshooting

n.

A clay disk thrown as a flying target for skeet and trapshooting. Also called bird.