roostcock

English

Etymology

roost +‎ cock

Noun

roostcock (plural roostcocks)

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
   • 1843, The Illuminated Magazine:

     No matter whether his nag have the stringhalt, and steps like a roostcock, or has wind-galls the size of bladders, or has been fired till his legs resemble a scored griskin, the BUTCHER's Boy braves every competitor in the race

References

• “roostcock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.