sheld-appleshell-applen.

Forms: Also sheldafle, shillaple, etc.

Etymology: Usually taken to be < sheld adj. + dapple adj., but perhaps a metathetic form of *sheldalp , < sheld adj. + alp n.² (dialect alf), bullfinch.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheld-apple.

dialect.

Applied to two birds remarkable for their variegated plumage.

1. The chaffinch, Fringilla cœlebs.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla coelebs (chaffinch)

spinkc1425

chaffinchc1440

sheld-apple1544

shilfa1684

guinet1725

wheat-bird1747

piefinch1779

scobby1800

beech-finch1815

pink1816

twink1816

whitewing1854

spinkie1911

1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. D6 De Fringilla,.. Anglicè a chaffinche, a sheld appel, a spink.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Berée, a spinke, sheldaple, chaffinch.

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 21 I mind, when he cross'd the deep watter, To get me the shilapple' est.

1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. Shelly or Shell-apple.

1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford Shell or Sheld-apple, the chaffinch.

2. The crossbill, Loxia curvirostra.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Loxia (crossbill)

sheld-apple1666

crossbilla1672

cross-beak1688

loxia1706

parrot crossbill1825

1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 172 Loxias, the Shell-Apple.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 69 Loxia..the Cross-beak, or Shell~aple.

1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 88.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 106 Shell-apple, or cross-bill.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Shell, or Sheld-apple. Vide Crossbill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sheld-apple
释义	sheld-appleshell-applen. Forms: Also sheldafle, shillaple, etc. Etymology: Usually taken to be < sheld adj. + dapple adj., but perhaps a metathetic form of sheldalp , < sheld adj. + alp n.² (dialect alf), bullfinch.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheld-apple. dialect. Applied to two birds remarkable for their variegated plumage. 1. The chaffinch, Fringilla cœlebs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla coelebs (chaffinch) spinkc1425 chaffinchc1440 sheld-apple1544 shilfa1684 guinet1725 wheat-bird1747 piefinch1779 scobby1800 beech-finch1815 pink1816 twink1816 whitewing1854 spinkie1911 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum* sig. D6 De Fringilla,.. Anglicè a chaffinche, a sheld appel, a spink. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Berée, a spinke, sheldaple, chaffinch. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 21 I mind, when he cross'd the deep watter, To get me the shilapple' est. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. Shelly or Shell-apple. 1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford Shell or Sheld-apple, the chaffinch. 2. The crossbill, Loxia curvirostra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Loxia (crossbill) sheld-apple1666 crossbilla1672 cross-beak1688 loxia1706 parrot crossbill1825 1666 C. Merrett Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum 172 Loxias, the Shell-Apple. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 69 Loxia..the Cross-beak, or Shell~aple. 1674 J. Ray Catal. Eng. Birds 88. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 106 Shell-apple, or cross-bill. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Shell, or Sheld-apple. Vide Crossbill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1544
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