Obs. [Etymology uncertain; cf. BRISTLE v. 2. Jamieson conjectures Brazil-cock.] A kind of fowl; ‘a turkey-cock’ (Jam.).
c. 1565. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. (1728), 146 (Jam.). There was … Swan, partridge, plover, duck, drake, brissel-cock and pawnies, black-cock and muir-fowl, capercaillies.
