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cockspur

English

Alternative forms

  • cock's-spur (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock +? spur.

Noun

cockspur (plural cockspurs)

  1. A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
    Synonym: gaff
  2. A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
    Synonyms: barnyard grass, barnyard millet, cockspur grass, common barnyard grass, Japanese millet, water grass
  3. A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
    Synonyms: cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn

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cockfight

English

Etymology

cock +? fight

Noun

cockfight (plural cockfights)

  1. A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs

Translations

Verb

cockfight (third-person singular simple present cockfights, present participle cockfighting, simple past and past participle cockfought)

  1. To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookie), a cockfighting event.

Translations

Related terms

  • cockfighter
  • cockfighting

See also

  • alectoromachy

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