Meaning of hickwall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
   UK, regional
2. A European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).
   UK, regional
3. A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.
   UK, archaic, regional

Examples

“[…]at Shenington for example, the churchwardens paid 4d for each Hickwall (green woodpecker) killed, but there is no record of any payment for weasels, which were worth 3d at Bodicote. One would like to know if Hickwalls were rare at Bodicote and weasels at Shenington, or if in fact they were not considered to be vermin in these parishes.”

“Tomtit, Blue Tomtit, Nun, Blue-cap, Blue-bonnet, Billy-biter, Hickwall, Blue Mope. One of the most impudent of an impudent lot.”

CEFR level