redshank en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From red + shank.
Meanings
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Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.
Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry.
1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41:
- Any member of the species Ceratodon purpureus of moss.
- Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.
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(derogatory, obsolete) A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts.
Much worse then the former; for who that is experienced in those partes and knoweth not that the Oneales are neerely alied unto the Mac Oneales of Scotland, and to the Earle of Argill, from whom they use to have all ther succors of those Scottes and Redshanks?
1997 [1596], Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| red shank | alternative | lexicographic | |
| redshanks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
scarce redshank · common redshank · redshanks · spotted redshank · dusky redshank · panicled redshank
Relateds
Synonyms
fire moss · purple horn toothed moss
Translations (23)
fi paljasjalka (bare-legged person) · fr gambette (Old World wading bird) · ca gamba roja (Old World wading bird) · ro fluierar cu picioare roșii (Old World wading bird) · fi viklo (Old World wading bird) · fi hanhentatar (herb of the buckwheat family) · ru красноно́жка (Old World wading bird) · fy tjirk (Old World wading bird) · tr kızılbacak (Old World wading bird) · nrf hèrbette dé grève (Old World wading bird) · gl bilurico (Old World wading bird) · bg червенокрак водобегач (Old World wading bird) · cy pibydd coesgoch (Old World wading bird) · pl brodziec (Old World wading bird) · ga cosdeargán (Old World wading bird) · cy canwraidd goesgoch (herb of the buckwheat family) · es archibebe (Old World wading bird) · el κοκκινοσκέλης (Old World wading bird) · ce цӏиэкогашберг (Old World wading bird) · cs vodouš (Old World wading bird) · de Rotschenkel (Old World wading bird) · lb Routpatt (Old World wading bird) · fi kulosammal (species of moss)