单词 | copple-crown |
释义 | copple-crownn. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. A tuft of feathers on a fowl's head; a crest. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > head > feathers on cop1483 top1578 copple1600 copple-crowna1635 topping1694 mufty1829 muff1850 ear tab1851 calotte1874 aigrette1917 a1635 T. Randolph Amyntas ii. iii. 30 in Poems (1638) Like the copple-crowne The Lap-wing has. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. iii. 14 Thus did he straddle up and down, Like stalking Cock with copple Crown. 1735 J. Swift Panegyrick on D— in Wks. II. 293 Whose Off'rings..Adorn our chrystal River's Banks: Nor seldom grace the flow'ry downs, With spiral Tops, and Copple-Crowns. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Copple-crown, a tuft of feathers on the head of a fowl, permanently erect. It is sometimes called a topple-crown. Categories » 2. Short for copple-crowned hen; = coppy n.2 (U.S. local). DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top copped1460 mitreda1547 coppled1600 coped1611 fastigiated1647 cop-crowned1650 copped-crowned1650 copple-crowned1699 fastigiatea1705 tenting1818 tectiform1834 pedimented1875 pedimental1890 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > crested or crowned copped1398 coppled1600 cristate1661 copple-crowned1699 cristated1727 crested1796 crowned1796 coppy1891 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 118 Of different Colours and Breed, as Copple-crown'd, the common Dunghil Cock and Hen, and of the Game kind. 1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 362 You are very good in getting the copple-crowned fowl. 1732 J. Swift Exam. Abuses Dublin 8 Excrements..Cople-crown'd, with a Point like a Cone or Pyramid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1635 |
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