Sunday 13 February 2011

English cocks

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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