| 释义 |
ˈyarwhelp local.
Also 6 yerwhelp, 7 yarewhelp, yarwell, 7–9 yarwip, 8 yarwhelph, 8–9 yarwhip.
[? Imitative of the goat-like cry of the godwit; cf. yar v.]
The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica or rufa) and the black-tailed godwit (L. ægocephala or melanura).
1577in Archaeologia (1821) XIX. 289 Yerwhelps ij..ijs. 1579J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xiv. 26 The flesh of..Towin, Yarwhelpe, Plover, Wodcocke. 1634in Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. p. xiii, Yarwell 1 dozen and 11 02 14 02. 1668Sir T. Browne Let. to Dr. Merrett 29 Dec., A Yarwhelp, Barker, or Latrator a marsh bird about the bignesse of a Godwitt. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 292 The Godwit, called in some places the Yarwhelp, or Yarwip. 1744Ant. & Pres. St. Co. Down xviii. 227 The Yarwhelp or Yarwip, is something like a Wood-cock. |