Hickwall
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hickwall is a noun meaning (UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
Meaning
(UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
More Meanings
- (UK, regional) A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).
- (UK, regional, archaic) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.
Example Sentences
Tomtit, Blue Tomtit, Nun, Blue-cap, Blue-bonnet, Billy-biter, Hickwall, Blue Mope. One of the most impudent of an impudent lot.
[…]at Shenington for example, the churchwardens paid 4d for each Hickwall (green woodpecker) killed, but there is no record of any payment for weasels, which were worth 3d at Bodicote. One would like to know if Hickwalls were rare at Bodicote and weasels at Shenington, or if in fact they were not considered to be vermin in these parishes.
Word Forms
- hickwalls
- hickway
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wallhick, witwall, woodwall, hewhole, whitewall, high-holder.
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