cockscrow

English

Etymology

From Middle English cokkes crowe; equivalent to cock +‎ -s- +‎ crow.

Noun

cockscrow (plural not attested)

1. The crowing of a cock.
   • 1872, Richard D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone:

     What a goodly noise they kept, what a flapping of their wings, and a jerking of their tails, as they stood right up and tried with a whistling in their throats to imitate a cockscrow!

Related terms

• cockcrow
• cockcrowing

Anagrams

• cock-crows, cockcrows