Note 35 — Front matter (continued 7)
Reading edition
Decoy, a corruption of Duck-coy, from the Dutch kooi, a cage or pen. See Ray and Willughby's Ornithology, p. 286, where, mention being made of a method of capturing wild-fowl which had been introduced into England from Holland, the following passage occurs: 'Piscinas hasce cum allectatricibus et reliquo suo apparatu Decoys seu Duck-coys vocant, allectatrices Coy-ducks.'