peewit

American  

[pee-wit, pyoo-it] / ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt /

noun

1. a variant of pewit.

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peewit British  

/ ˈpiːwɪt /

noun

1. another name for lapwing

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Etymology

Origin of peewit

C16: imitative of its call

Example Sentences

Edinburgh town council paid £18 a year to The Lady of Comiston for the lease of the springs with the condition the Peewit Spring should be left for the use of farmer's for their cattle.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2019

We found many nests of Peewit and Redshank, those of the latter by far the best concealed, always in some thick clump of grass or samphire.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Peewit is a common and rather numerous autumn and winter visitant to all the Islands, though I have never seen it in such large flocks as in some parts of England, especially in Somerset.

From Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands by Smith, Cecil

Professor Ansted includes the Peewit in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey.

From Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands by Smith, Cecil

Noticed the tracks of a Tiger, of Elks, and the Peewit or Curlew.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William