There are many English cocks, aren't there? One sort is called shuttlecock /ˈʃʌt(ə)lkɒk/ (formerly also shuttle-cork) as in the name of the game "battledore and shuttlecock". 
Battledore (pronounced /ˈbæt(ə)ldɔː/) may etymologically be  related to the  Provençal batedor ‘beater’.

 
 
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