laverock

[lav-er-uh k, leyv-ruh k]

noun Chiefly Scot.

a lark, especially a skylark.

Also lav·rock

[lav-ruh k] /ˈlæv rək/.

Origin of laverock

1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark¹

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Historical Examples of laverock

He published "The Laverock," a volume of poems and songs, in 1829.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V.
Various
Ay, it is the Gowans and the Laverock that you will like best.
The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3)
James Hogg
Ony ane o' them withoot the ither stan's like the ae factor o' a multiplication, or ae wing upo' a laverock (lark).'
Robert Falconer
George MacDonald
St. Kevin was more considerate to a blackbird than to the laverock.
Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life
Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey
With the laverock's lyric our fancy filled the sky—with the throstle's roundelay it awoke the wood.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
John Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for laverock

laverock

noun

a Scot and northern English dialect word for skylark (def. 1)

Word Origin for laverock

Old English lǣwerce lark 1

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