laverock

American  

[lav-er-uhk, leyv-ruhk] / ˈlæv ər ək, ˈleɪv rək /

Also lavrock

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a lark, especially a skylark.

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laverock British  

/ ˈlevrək, ˈlævərək, ˈlevərək /

noun

1. a Scot and northern English dialect word for skylark

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Etymology

Origin of laverock

1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark ¹

Example Sentences

The sun looks in o'er the hill-head,   An' the laverock is liltin' sae gay; Get up, get up, bonnie Lizie,   Ye've lain till it's lang o' the day.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

How aft hae I sat i' the beild o' the knowe, While the laverock mounted sae hie, An' the mavis sang sweet in the plantings around, On the bonnie green braes o' Drumlee.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

Whaur braid the briery muirs expand, A waef�’ an’ a weary land, The bumble-bees, a gowden band, Are blithely hingin’; An’ there the canty wanderer fand The laverock singin’.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The laverock and the lintie, The robin and the wren; Gin ye harry their nests, Ye'll never thrive again.

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert

The eggs of the linnet, goldfinch, yorling, laverock, robin, titling, thrush, and blackbird, were as familiar to me as the letters of the alphabet.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various