noun
- a lark, especially the skylark
Usage: archaic; chiefly Scottish
Examples
- The laverock sang sweetly in the morning sky.
- Burns wrote of the laverock’s melodious song.
- At dawn, the laverock rose from the meadow.
- The poet compared her voice to a laverock’s tune.
- In Scottish verse, the laverock symbolizes joy.
- The laverock’s trill echoed across the moor.