hickwall

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