laverock

[ lav-er-uh k, leyv-ruh k ]

/ ˈlæv ər ək, ˈleɪv rək /

a lark, especially a skylark.

Also lav·rock

[lav-ruh k] /ˈlæv rək/.

Origin of laverock

1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark¹

He published "The Laverock," a volume of poems and songs, in 1829.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. |Various
Ony ane o' them withoot the ither stan's like the ae factor o' a multiplication, or ae wing upo' a laverock (lark).'

Robert Falconer |George MacDonald
With the laverock's lyric our fancy filled the sky—with the throstle's roundelay it awoke the wood.

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 |John Wilson
St. Kevin was more considerate to a blackbird than to the laverock.

Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life |Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey

Wee dour looking huiks are the thing, Mouse body and laverock wing.

Angling Sketches |Andrew Lang

laverock

/ (ˈlævərək, Scottish ˈlevərək, ˈlevrək) /

a Scot and northern English dialect word for skylark (def. 1)

Old English lǣwerce lark 1