Meanings
nouncocklewoman (plural cocklewomen)
plural cocklewomen
- A fisherwoman who catches cockles.
Broad, flat marshes on the Loughor Estuary provide Pen-clawdd with its basic livelihood - cockles. The cockle-women jog out over the marshes at low tide, riding on flat, horse-drawn carts.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 311, about Pen-clawdd
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
cocklewoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocklewoman
MLA
“cocklewoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocklewoman. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocklewoman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocklewoman.
Source: cocklewoman on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.