Also steinboc, (7 steinbokt). [a. G. steinbock wild goat, f. stein STONE sb. + bock BUCK sb.1 Cf. STEENBOK.] A wild goat of the genus Ibex; the Alpine Ibex (Capra Ibex).
1683–4. Robinson, in Phil. Trans., XXIX. 482. In passing the high Alps, I had a View of the Ibex or Steinbock.
1695. trans. Misson’s Voy. Italy, I. 106. We dined … at Steertzingen, where they gave us … some Flesh of a certain Beast called Steinbokt.
1776. [see IBEX].
1859. Wood, Illustr. Nat. Hist., I. 668. Of the genus Capra,… the Ibex or Steinbock is a familiar … example.
1881. Encycl. Brit., XII. 605/2. The European ibex or steinboc (Capra ibex) abounded during the Middle Ages among the higher mountain ranges of Germany, Switzerland, and the Ural.
