gorcock

British  

/ ˈɡɔːˌkɒk /

noun

1. the male of the red grouse

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Etymology

Origin of gorcock

C17: gor- (of unknown origin) + _cock ¹

Example Sentences

But it was not the gorcock, nor black cock, nor the ptarmigan, nor the great golden eagle itself they were after, but the white or mountain hare.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon

Pure white is she all over except for a garland of crimson across her breast, a blue patch round her wondrous eyes, and the red of the gorcock over the beak.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

The gorcock unalarmed crows among the moors and mosses—the blackbird whistles in the birken shaw—and the cony erects his ears at the mouth of his burrow, and whisks away frolicsome among the whins or heather.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

High as such places are, on one of them a young gorcock was stricken down by a hawk close to our feet.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

The red grouse, gorcock, or moor-cock, weighs about nineteen ounces, and the female somewhat less.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)