high-holen.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪhəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌhoʊl/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hickwall n.

Etymology: Folk-etymological alteration of hickwall n. (compare e.g. the variants high-hoe and hew-hole at that entry), after high adj. and hole n., perhaps on account of the typical location of its nest inside a nesting hole in a tree. Compare earlier nick-hole n.

U.S. Now rare.

The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a brownish woodpecker with a spotted underside and a black crescent on the breast, found in North and Central America. Also called high-holder.Now chiefly in lists of names.

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goldenwing1785

high-hole1808

high-holder1813

yellow-shafted woodpecker1822

yellowhammer1826

pigeon woodpecker1844

wake-up1844

yellow-shafted flicker1855

1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 53 Provincial appellations..such as ‘High-hole’ from the situation of its nest.

1829 J. Macauley Nat., Statist., & Civil Hist. State N.-Y. I. 485 The highhole is very common in all parts of the State.

1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 222/2 The high-hole appears to drum more promiscuously than does downy [woodpecker].

1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 25 There are thirty-six [names of the flicker], but a few of the most familiar ones will show the tendency of man to poke fun at him—Wake-up, Yarrup, Piut, High-hole, Woodwall, Yellowhammer, Yucker, Flicker, Hittock, Clape, Harry Wicket, etc.

2005 D. S. Maehr & H. W. Kale Florida's Birds (ed. 2) 137 Northern Flicker... Other names Yellow hammer, Highhole, Golden-winged Woodpecker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high-hole
释义	high-holen. Brit. /ˈhʌɪhəʊl/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌhoʊl/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hickwall n. Etymology: Folk-etymological alteration of hickwall n. (compare e.g. the variants high-hoe and hew-hole at that entry), after high adj. and hole n., perhaps on account of the typical location of its nest inside a nesting hole in a tree. Compare earlier nick-hole n. U.S. Now rare. The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a brownish woodpecker with a spotted underside and a black crescent on the breast, found in North and Central America. Also called high-holder.Now chiefly in lists of names. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Colaptes (flicker) > colaptes auratus (golden-wing) goldenwing1785 high-hole1808 high-holder1813 yellow-shafted woodpecker1822 yellowhammer1826 pigeon woodpecker1844 wake-up1844 yellow-shafted flicker1855 1808 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 53 Provincial appellations..such as ‘High-hole’ from the situation of its nest. 1829 J. Macauley Nat., Statist., & Civil Hist. State N.-Y. I. 485 The highhole is very common in all parts of the State. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 222/2 The high-hole appears to drum more promiscuously than does downy [woodpecker]. 1921 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music (rev. ed.) 25 There are thirty-six [names of the flicker], but a few of the most familiar ones will show the tendency of man to poke fun at him—Wake-up, Yarrup, Piut, High-hole, Woodwall, Yellowhammer, Yucker, Flicker, Hittock, Clape, Harry Wicket, etc. 2005 D. S. Maehr & H. W. Kale Florida's Birds (ed. 2) 137 Northern Flicker... Other names Yellow hammer, Highhole, Golden-winged Woodpecker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808
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