cockalane

English

Etymology

From French coq-à-l’âne (“satire, incoherent story”). Compare cock-and-bull story.

Noun

cockalane (plural cockalanes)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A satire or lampoon.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) A rambling or incoherent story, which passes from one subject to another (as from a cock to a bull).