单词 | lark call |
释义 | > as lemmaslark call lark call n. now rare a whistle or other instrument used by hunters to imitate the sound of a lark; cf. call n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > calls quail-pipea1425 call1607 quail call1614 bird call1621 lark call1791 caller1845 yelper1884 turkey-yelper1895 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. Notes 89 There is a whistle, termed a lark-call, which consists of a hollow cylinder of tin-plate, closed at both ends. 1935 J. Thurber Let your Mind Alone (1937) 177 This gentleman climbed a tree and, having cunningly concealed himself in the foliage, began blowing on his lark call. < as lemmas |
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