laverock

• lavrock

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlævəɹək/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlævəɹək/, /leɪvɹək/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /levɹək/, /levəɹək/

laverock (plural laverocks)

1. (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) lark (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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlevrək/
• (Doric Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvrɪk/, /ˈlerək/
• (Caithness) IPA^(key): /ˈlerəɡ/

laverock (plural laverocks)

1. lark