hevva.
Cry raised when a shoal of pilchards is sighted, signalling for fisherman to man their boats.
Meaning & usage
Cry raised when a shoal of pilchards is sighted, signalling for fisherman to man their boats.
Where this word comes from
From the Cornish hevva, a contracted form of the Old Cornish hedva, from Welsh hedfa (meaning swarming, flocking), from Welsh haid, a swarm.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.