laverock

From Middle English laveroc, laverke, from Old English lāferce, variant of older lāwerce, lǣwerce. More at lark.

laverock (plural laverocks)

1. Archaic form of lark (“the bird”).
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     She was young and blithe, with a face like an April morning, and a voice in her that put the laverocks to shame.

• sandy laverock

• “laverock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

laverock

1. Alternative form of larke

From Middle English laveroc, laverke, from Old English lāferce, variant of older lāwerce, lǣwerce.

laverock (plural laverocks)

1. lark