Flockmeal

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a flock; in flocks; in a herd. archaic, not-comparable

    "And some Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen either for favour of the Queen, or for fear of themselves, assembled in sundry companies, and went flockmeal in harness: […]"

Example

More examples

"And some Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen either for favour of the Queen, or for fear of themselves, assembled in sundry companies, and went flockmeal in harness: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English flockmel, from Old English flocmǣlum (“in flocks”); equivalent to flock + -meal.

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