bird calln.

Brit.

/ˈbəːd kɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈbərd ˌkɔl/,

/ˈbərd ˌkɑl/

Forms: see bird n. and call n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., call n.

Etymology: < bird n. + call n.With sense 2 compare earlier birdsong n. at bird n. Compounds 2a.

1. A whistle or other instrument used by hunters or bird-catchers to imitate the sound of a bird. In early use also figurative: a person who lures or entices others. Cf. call n. 2b.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > calls

quail-pipea1425

call1607

quail call1614

bird call1621

lark call1791

caller1845

yelper1884

turkey-yelper1895

1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention xi. 129 If..by no meanes you can frame your Lipps or Tongue to these sounds,..buy a Byrd-call, of which there are diuers.

1639 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. ii. sig. G*1b^v 'Tis Pippeau That is your bird-call.

1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 272 Easily imposed upon by that most imperfect of all instruments, a bird-call.

1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 5/1 The bird-catcher..is concealed in the underwood with his bird-call in his mouth.

1919 E. S. Brooks tr. E. Le Roy Jacquou the Rebel vi. 266 During the daytime I would kill several partridges, decoying them with a bird call.

2002 W. Fiennes Snow Geese (2003) i. 18 The hunters, too, found everything they needed in Eagle Lake: Johnny's Sports Shop for camouflage gear, hunting knives, electronic bird calls, [etc.].

2. A call or cry made by a bird; such calls collectively.

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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call

gredingc1275

crowingc1386

call1584

note1594

ramage?1614

honking1844

bird call1880

1880 ‘M. Harland’ Loiterings in Pleasant Paths xxix. 418 Visions..of ferny glades..; of bird-call; the grasshopper's rattle and the whirr of the quail.

1972 ‘J. Herriot’ All Creatures Great & Small xl. 245 It was cool in the wood and silent except when a bird call echoed through the trees.

2020 Express (Nexis) 4 Apr. 40 Walk past hedgerows and listen out for the different bird calls.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	bird call
释义	bird calln. Brit. /ˈbəːd kɔːl/, U.S. /ˈbərd ˌkɔl/, /ˈbərd ˌkɑl/ Forms: see bird n. and call n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., call n. Etymology: < bird n. + call n.With sense 2 compare earlier birdsong n. at bird n. Compounds 2a. 1. A whistle or other instrument used by hunters or bird-catchers to imitate the sound of a bird. In early use also figurative: a person who lures or entices others. 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 1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention xi. 129 If..by no meanes you can frame your Lipps or Tongue to these sounds,..buy a Byrd-call, of which there are diuers. 1639 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. ii. sig. G1b^v 'Tis Pippeau That is your bird-call. 1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans.* (Royal Soc.) 63 272 Easily imposed upon by that most imperfect of all instruments, a bird-call. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 5/1 The bird-catcher..is concealed in the underwood with his bird-call in his mouth. 1919 E. S. Brooks tr. E. Le Roy Jacquou the Rebel vi. 266 During the daytime I would kill several partridges, decoying them with a bird call. 2002 W. Fiennes Snow Geese (2003) i. 18 The hunters, too, found everything they needed in Eagle Lake: Johnny's Sports Shop for camouflage gear, hunting knives, electronic bird calls, [etc.]. 2. A call or cry made by a bird; such calls collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call gredingc1275 crowingc1386 call1584 note1594 ramage?1614 honking1844 bird call1880 1880 ‘M. Harland’ Loiterings in Pleasant Paths xxix. 418 Visions..of ferny glades..; of bird-call; the grasshopper's rattle and the whirr of the quail. 1972 ‘J. Herriot’ All Creatures Great & Small xl. 245 It was cool in the wood and silent except when a bird call echoed through the trees. 2020 Express (Nexis) 4 Apr. 40 Walk past hedgerows and listen out for the different bird calls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1621
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