daglock
English
editEtymology
editdag (“shred, strip of cloth”) + lock (“tuft or length of hair”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdaglock (plural daglocks)
- A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep.
- 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
- Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
- Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
- 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “daglock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “daglock”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “daglock”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.