quail-pipe
/ˈkweɪlpʌɪp/noun
A pipe or whistle for imitating the call of the quail (Coturnix coturnix), formerly used for luring the birds into a net; also allusively and figurative. Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From quail + pipe.
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