The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knobbler
Knobbler \Knob"bler\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also
knobber.]
--Halliwell.
He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed
knobbler.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Wiktionary
knobbler
n. (context hunting animal husbandry English) The hart in its second year; a young deer.
Usage examples of "knobbler".
He was knobbler at the Church of Kinver--that is to say, it was his office to walk about during divine service, and tap on the head any man or boy overtaken with sleep.
Before them was a man who was a schoolmaster, and gave whacks during the week, and who was a knobbler, and could crack their heads on the Sunday.