cockcrown.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkkrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌkroʊ/

Forms:

α. Middle English cockes crowe, Middle English cokkes crowe, 1500s cocks crew, 1700s– cockscrow.

β. see cock n.¹ and int. and crow n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, crow n.²

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of cock n.¹ + crow n.² In β. forms < cock n.¹ + crow n.²Compare early Middle English hanecrau , in the same sense (12th cent.; < hane cockerel (see hen n.¹) + crow n.²).

1. Dawn or another time in the early morning marked by the crowing of cockerels or roosters. Cf. cockcrowing n. 1.In early use sometimes with preceding qualifying word indicating a time in the early morning; cf. first (also second, third) cock at cock n.¹ 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > last hour of night, pre-dawn, or cockcrow

cockcrowc1300

cockcrowingc1384

cocklighta1625

anteluca1696

fore-dawn1884

pre-dawn1930

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1090 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 137 Stilleliche he gan gon, A luyte bi-fore þe cockes crowe out of þe churche a-non.

a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 60 Wakeþ att Midniȝth & att cok crowe and in þe Mornyng, for ȝe ne wite whan þe lorde wil come.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 145 The same Nyht Atte ferst kok Crowe Moche peple scholen ȝe sen vppon A rowe.

1595 R. Barnfield Ode in Cynthia sig. C8^v She..each morning (by Cocks crew) Showers downe her siluer dew.

1633 Court Bk. Bishopric of Orkney (National Archives Scotl.: SC10/1/5) f. 87 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Directit him to goe to the well callit Marie well..betuix midnycht and cokcraw.

1798 R. Southey Well of St. Keyne in Morning Post 3 Dec. From cock-crow he had been travelling.

1823 London Mag. Sept. 280/2 My simile disappears like a ghost at cock-crow.

1958 C. S. Churchill Let. 9 Aug. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxviii. 626 I'm packing up & leaving Chartwell, & till I leave Tuesday (at cock-crow!) I shall be at Hyde Park Gate.

2018 Irish Independent (Nexis) 3 Apr. (Farming section) 33 The following morning the entrepreneur was up at cockcrow and down at the pier to see the boats come in.

2. The crow of a cockerel or rooster.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > crowing of

crowc1290

cockcrow?c1475

cock-a-doodle-doo1573

chanticleering1641

cock-a-doodle-dooing1859

cockcrowing1878

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 26^v A Cokecrawe, gallicantus.

1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight iv. ii. 176 They rise vp at the voyce of the bird, that is to say, they can not sleepe, and are alwaies wakened with the cockcrow.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 119 You disturb all people with your shitten Cock-crow; that's the only property in which you resemble a true Cock.

1869 J. MacGregor Rob Roy on Jordan ix. 136 The cock-crows (so many and loud in Palestine) are absent here.

1919 E. Gates Phoebe vi. 79 The songs of birds coming faintly, and loud cock-crows.

2006 M. S. Ngwa Divine Love for Cleansing vi. 43 They were awoken by a cockcrow at dawn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockcrow
释义	cockcrown. Brit. /ˈkɒkkrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌkroʊ/ Forms: α. Middle English cockes crowe, Middle English cokkes crowe, 1500s cocks crew, 1700s– cockscrow. β. see cock n.¹ and int. and crow n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, crow n.² Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of cock n.¹ + crow n.² In β. forms < cock n.¹ + crow n.²Compare early Middle English hanecrau , in the same sense (12th cent.; < hane cockerel (see hen n.¹) + crow n.²). 1. Dawn or another time in the early morning marked by the crowing of cockerels or roosters. Cf. cockcrowing n. 1.In early use sometimes with preceding qualifying word indicating a time in the early morning; cf. first (also second, third) cock at cock n.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [noun] > last hour of night, pre-dawn, or cockcrow cockcrowc1300 cockcrowingc1384 cocklighta1625 anteluca1696 fore-dawn1884 pre-dawn1930 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1090 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 137 Stilleliche he gan gon, A luyte bi-fore þe cockes crowe out of þe churche a-non. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 60 Wakeþ att Midniȝth & att cok crowe and in þe Mornyng, for ȝe ne wite whan þe lorde wil come. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 145 The same Nyht Atte ferst kok Crowe Moche peple scholen ȝe sen vppon A rowe. 1595 R. Barnfield Ode in Cynthia sig. C8^v She..each morning (by Cocks crew) Showers downe her siluer dew. 1633 Court Bk. Bishopric of Orkney (National Archives Scotl.: SC10/1/5) f. 87 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Directit him to goe to the well callit Marie well..betuix midnycht and cokcraw. 1798 R. Southey Well of St. Keyne in Morning Post 3 Dec. From cock-crow he had been travelling. 1823 London Mag. Sept. 280/2 My simile disappears like a ghost at cock-crow. 1958 C. S. Churchill Let. 9 Aug. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xxviii. 626 I'm packing up & leaving Chartwell, & till I leave Tuesday (at cock-crow!) I shall be at Hyde Park Gate. 2018 Irish Independent (Nexis) 3 Apr. (Farming section) 33 The following morning the entrepreneur was up at cockcrow and down at the pier to see the boats come in. 2. The crow of a cockerel or rooster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > crowing of crowc1290 cockcrow?c1475 cock-a-doodle-doo1573 chanticleering1641 cock-a-doodle-dooing1859 cockcrowing1878 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 26^v A Cokecrawe, gallicantus. 1599 R. Surflet tr. A. Du Laurens Disc. Preserv. Sight iv. ii. 176 They rise vp at the voyce of the bird, that is to say, they can not sleepe, and are alwaies wakened with the cockcrow. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 119 You disturb all people with your shitten Cock-crow; that's the only property in which you resemble a true Cock. 1869 J. MacGregor Rob Roy on Jordan ix. 136 The cock-crows (so many and loud in Palestine) are absent here. 1919 E. Gates Phoebe vi. 79 The songs of birds coming faintly, and loud cock-crows. 2006 M. S. Ngwa Divine Love for Cleansing vi. 43 They were awoken by a cockcrow at dawn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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