throstlecock

English

Etymology

throstle +‎ cock

Noun

throstlecock (plural throstlecocks)

1. The male throstle.
   • 1962, J.R.R. Tolkien, “When Winter first begins to bite”, in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil:

     The wind so whirled a weathercock
     He could not hold his tail up;
     The frost so nipped a throstlecock,
     He could not snap a snail up.