Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
Bald coot — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bald-coot — baldˈ coot or baldˈicoot noun The coot, from its pure white wide frontal plate • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald coot — noun 1. : the Old World coot 2. : florida gallinule 3. : coot 4 * * * bald coot, a species of coot common in Europe … Useful english dictionary
bald coot — /bɔld ˈkut/ (say bawld kooht) noun → purple swamphen …
Coot — (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. {Cut}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus {Fulica}. The common European or bald coot is {Fulica atra} (see under {bald});… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bald — (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering on the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bald buzzard — Bald Bald (b[add]ld), a. [OE. balled, ballid, perh. the p. p. of ball to reduce to the roundness or smoothness of a ball, by removing hair. [root]85. But cf. W. bali whiteness in a horse s forehead.] 1. Destitute of the natural or common covering … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coot — /kut / (say kooht) noun 1. any of the aquatic birds of the genus Fulica characterised by lobate toes and short wings and tail, as the Eurasian coot, Fulica atra, a black bird with a white frontal shield and bill. 2. Also, bald coot. → purple… …
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … The small dictionary of idiomes
bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald — (adj.) c.1300, ballede, probably, with M.E. ede adjectival suffix, from Celt. bal white patch, blaze especially on the head of a horse or other animal (from PIE root *bhel (1) to shine, flash, gleam; see BLEACH (Cf. bleach)). Cf., from the same… … Etymology dictionary
