noun
cockcrow
Cockcrow (noun) means the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
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The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
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Etymology
From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).
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"cockcrow" (noun) means the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.