α. 1600s cock-rode.
β. 1600s cock-rood.
γ. 1600s–1800s cock-road, 1700s coc-road.
单词 | cock-road |
释义 | † cock-roadn.α. 1600s cock-rode. β. 1600s cock-rood. γ. 1600s–1800s cock-road, 1700s coc-road. Obsolete. A broad woodland glade or track along which woodcock (or other game birds) regularly fly; esp. one which has been deliberately constructed, and across which nets are stretched in order to catch the birds. Cf. cockshoot n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > place for catching birds cockshoot1353 cock-glade1574 cock-roada1613 glade1617 glodea1625 finchery1887 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > clearing sladec893 riddingOE wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 laund1340 cockshoot1353 gladea1535 cock-glade1574 nether vert1598 cock-roada1613 opening1678 opening1743 patana1854 a1613 G. Owen Hist. Pembrokeshire in Cambrian Reg. 1796 (1799) 2 143/2 Theire cheefe taking is in cock rodes in woods, with netts erected up betweene two trees. 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 149 The net caught many a wood-cock, untill the said Aldermen and Sir John Maynard broke through it, and spoyled the cock-road. ?1775 Fortune-hunter iv. 44 On each Hill there grow thick Woods; betwixt them both, there is a large Cut, on purpose for a Cock-Road. 1843 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Birds II. 588 These tracks or open glades in woods, are sometimes called cockshoots, and cockroads. 1889 H. Saunders Illustr. Man. Brit. Birds 554 The male persistently follows certain tracks along glades in woods—often called ‘cock-roads’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1613 |
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