cockscomb

English

noun
Definitions
  • The fleshy red crest of a rooster
  • A red cap once worn by court jesters
  • A yellow rattle, flowering plant native to Eurasia
  • An annual garden plant, , having showy red clusters of flowers
  • (archaic) A conceited dandy
  • (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

Etymology

Affix from English cock (penis, male domestic chicken, a shock pile of grain, diminutive suffix, male, a roundish heap, rooster) + English comb (crest).

Origin

English

comb

Gloss

crest

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