Obs. [perh. attrib. use of COCKLE sb.2] Whimsical. Hence Cockle-brained, -headed.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. lxvi. (1737), 272. May a million of … Devils anatomize thy Cockle brain.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxi. He’s crack-brained and cockle-headed.
Obs. [perh. attrib. use of COCKLE sb.2] Whimsical. Hence Cockle-brained, -headed.
1708. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. lxvi. (1737), 272. May a million of … Devils anatomize thy Cockle brain.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, xxi. He’s crack-brained and cockle-headed.
