whinchat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows
    Saxicola rubetra.

WordNet

Whin"chat` noun
Etymology
So called because it frequents whins.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.

Webster 1913