| 释义 |
▪ I. cocklet1|ˈkɒklɪt|
[f. cock n.2 + -let.]
A small cock (of hay, etc.).
1834Brit. Husb. I. 490 The grass..should then be gathered..with forks, into small ‘cocklets’ or ‘foot-cocks’. 1876Robinson Whitby Gloss., Cocklets, small haycocks.
▪ II. ˈcocklet2 nonce-wd.
[f. cock n.1 + -let.]
A little cock, a cock chick.
1845Kingsley Lett. & Mem. I. 137 Make the world my cockpit, wherein main after main of cocklets, the ‘shell’ alas! ‘scarce off their heads’, come forth to slay and be slain mutually. |