cock's-foot

[ koks-foo t ]

/ ˈkɒksˌfʊt /

Origin of cock's-foot

First recorded in 1690–1700; so called from the appearance of the panicles

It feeds on cocksfoot and various other grasses occurring in woodlands.

The Moths of the British Isles, First Series |Richard South
Cocksfoot is a tall and quick growing plant, and both the stem and flower feel rough and hard.

Wildflowers of the Farm |Arthur Owens Cooke
It feeds on cocksfoot and other grasses from June to August.

The Moths of the British Isles, First Series |Richard South
Cocksfoot (orchard grass) was cultivated with great success and numbers of sheep were fattened on it.

Makers of Modern Agriculture |William Macdonald

Here is the rough "cocksfoot grass," with its head or "panicle" as it is called, upright and tufted.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children |W. Houghton

cocksfoot

/ (ˈkɒksˌfʊt) /

a perennial Eurasian grass, Dactylis glomerata, cultivated as a pasture grass in North America and South Africa