flockmeal

English

Etymology

From Middle English flockmel, from Old English flocmǣlum (“in flocks”); equivalent to flock +‎ -meal.

Adverb

flockmeal (not comparable)

  1. (now rare) In a flock; in flocks; in a herd.
    • c. 1519, Thomas More, History of King Richard III:
      And some Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen either for favour of the Queen, or for fear of themselves, assembled in sundry companies, and went flockmeal in harness: […]
    • 1592, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo (1601 Rawlinson MS):
      Whither our Country Franklins flockmeal swarm,
      And John and Joan come marching arm in arm,
    • 1888, William Morris, A tale of the house of the Wolfings:
      So when they heard her voice they came thither flockmeal, and a great throng mingled of many kindreds was in the Hall, […]
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