yockel
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See also: yokel
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of hickwall, influenced by yaffle.
Noun[edit]
yockel (plural yockels)
- (rare, UK, dialect) The yaffle or green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
- May 19, 1886, W.B., “Shropshire Birds”, in Salopian Shreds and Patches, page 114:
- Mr. F.C. Birkbeck Terry quoting from the Rev. C. Swainson's “Folklore of British Birds” gives yockel as the local Salopian name for the green woodpecker. ¶ Can any readers of Salopian Shreds and Patches give instances of localities for these names?
References[edit]
- “Yockel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “yuckle, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
