单词 | cock-winged |
释义 | cock-wingedadj. Angling. Designating a kind of artificial fly made with the wings cocked forward. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [adjective] > type of fly hackled1836 cocked1843 buzz1867 cock-winged1879 hackled1894 nymphing1989 1879 Bell's Life in London 6 Dec. 5/2 With now and again a whopper seen among them, an emperor of trout, which used to suck down the cock-winged duns. 1907 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 3/2 The most beautiful of cock-winged quill gnats pass unheeded by the trout. 2011 Regular Rod dryflyexpert.blogspot.com 24 Feb. (blog, accessed 2 Nov. 2018) It is called a ‘Cock Winged Dun’ the word cock meaning that the wing is cocked forward, not that the feather comes from a cock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1879 |
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