capercaillien.

Brit.

/ˌkapəˈkeɪli/,

/ˌkapəˈkeɪlji/,

/ˌkeɪpəˈkeɪl(j)i/, U.S.

/ˌkæpərˈkeɪl(j)i/, Scottish English

/ˌkapərˈkel(j)ɪ/,

/ˌkepərˈkel(j)ɪ/

Forms: 1500s capercailȝe, 1500s–1800s capercailye, capercaillie, capercaily, capercaile, capercalȝe, capercalye, capercalzeane ( capercallzie), 1600s caperkelly, 1600s–1800s capercaley, capercally, 1700s capercoille, capercolze, capercolly, ( cobberkely), 1800s capercailzie, caperkayle, caipercaillie.

Etymology: Corruption of the Gaelic name capull coille/kapəl ˈkɒlje/ great cock (literally horse) of the wood (coille = genitive of coll wood). The lz for lȝ is a 16th cent. Scots way of representing l mouillé, as in Scots spulȝe, French espouille spoil, and is properly represented by ly. N.E.D. (1888) enters this under the double headword capercailye, capercailzie and gives the pronunciations (kæpəɹkēⁱ·lyi, -kēⁱ·lzi) /kæpəˈkeɪljɪ/, /-ˈkeɪlzɪ/.

Scottish.

The Wood-grouse ( Tetrao urogallus), the largest of European gallinaceous birds; the male is also called Mountain Cock or Cock of the Woods. Formerly indigenous in the Scottish Highlands, where, after having become extinct, it has again been introduced from Scandinavia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of genus Tetrao (capercailye)

capercailliec1540

cock of the wood or woods1610

mountain cock1659

wood-pheasant1705

wood-partridge1772

wood-grouse1776

caper1902

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij Capercailȝe ane foul mair than ane rauin, quhilk leiffis allanerlie of barkis of treis.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 39 The Capercalȝe..with the vulgar peple, the horse of the forrest.

1630–56 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland In these fforests..ther is great store of partriges, pluivers, capercaleys.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 169 The Cobberkely, which is sometimes call'd a wild Turky.

1798 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XX. 307 [Inverness] The caper coille or wild turkey was seen in Glenmoriston about 40 years ago.

1799 R. Jamieson Ballad, Ld. Kenneth & Ellinour The Caiper-caillie and Tarmachin, Craw'd crouse on hill and muir.

1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. II. ix. 150 The large capercailzies, or wood grouse, formerly natives of the pine-forests of Ireland and Scotland, have been destroyed within the last fifty years.

1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 50 Saw a capercailzie, of which there are many here.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	capercaillie
释义	capercaillien. Brit. /ˌkapəˈkeɪli/, /ˌkapəˈkeɪlji/, /ˌkeɪpəˈkeɪl(j)i/, U.S. /ˌkæpərˈkeɪl(j)i/, Scottish English /ˌkapərˈkel(j)ɪ/, /ˌkepərˈkel(j)ɪ/ Forms: 1500s capercailȝe, 1500s–1800s capercailye, capercaillie, capercaily, capercaile, capercalȝe, capercalye, capercalzeane ( capercallzie), 1600s caperkelly, 1600s–1800s capercaley, capercally, 1700s capercoille, capercolze, capercolly, ( cobberkely), 1800s capercailzie, caperkayle, caipercaillie. Etymology: Corruption of the Gaelic name capull coille/kapəl ˈkɒlje/ great cock (literally horse) of the wood (coille = genitive of coll wood). The lz for lȝ is a 16th cent. Scots way of representing l mouillé, as in Scots spulȝe, French espouille spoil, and is properly represented by ly. N.E.D. (1888) enters this under the double headword capercailye, capercailzie and gives the pronunciations (kæpəɹkēⁱ·lyi, -kēⁱ·lzi) /kæpəˈkeɪljɪ/, /-ˈkeɪlzɪ/. Scottish. The Wood-grouse ( Tetrao urogallus), the largest of European gallinaceous birds; the male is also called Mountain Cock or Cock of the Woods. Formerly indigenous in the Scottish Highlands, where, after having become extinct, it has again been introduced from Scandinavia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of genus Tetrao (capercailye) capercailliec1540 cock of the wood or woods1610 mountain cock1659 wood-pheasant1705 wood-partridge1772 wood-grouse1776 caper1902 c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij Capercailȝe ane foul mair than ane rauin, quhilk leiffis allanerlie of barkis of treis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 39 The Capercalȝe..with the vulgar peple, the horse of the forrest. 1630–56 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland In these fforests..ther is great store of partriges, pluivers, capercaleys. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 169 The Cobberkely, which is sometimes call'd a wild Turky. 1798 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XX. 307 [Inverness] The caper coille or wild turkey was seen in Glenmoriston about 40 years ago. 1799 R. Jamieson Ballad, Ld. Kenneth & Ellinour The Caiper-caillie and Tarmachin, Craw'd crouse on hill and muir. 1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. II. ix. 150 The large capercailzies, or wood grouse, formerly natives of the pine-forests of Ireland and Scotland, have been destroyed within the last fifty years. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 50 Saw a capercailzie, of which there are many here. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1540
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