Flockmeal
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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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