Cockspur
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cockspur is a noun meaning (countable) A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
Meaning
(countable) A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Grass of species (Echinochloa crus-galli).
- (countable) A hawthorn of species (Crataegus crus-galli).
- (uncountable) Orchard grass, a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia.
- (countable) A small West Indian tree (Pisonia aculeata).
- (countable) Any of several spiny trees, formerly all of the genus Acacia, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia).
- (uncountable) Burgrass of species Cenchrus echinatus.
- (uncountable) An annual European weed of species Centaurea melitensis, naturalized in North and South America.
Word Forms
- cockspurs
- cock's-spur
Synonyms for cockspur
Depending on context, synonyms include gaff, cocksfoot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cocksfoot, spur, gaffle, footspur, crew, corseque.
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