a name given to a variety of European woodpeckers, esp the green woodpecker
hickwall in American English
(ˈhɪkˌwɔl)
noun
Brit dialect
any of certain European woodpeckers, esp. the green woodpecker
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME hygh-whele, orig. imit.]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: curl, peg, structure, transit, union