Brewer's: Cormoran'

The Cornish giant who fell into a pit twenty feet deep, dug by Jack the Giant-killer, and filmed over with grass and gravel. The name means cormorant or great eater. For this doughty achievement Jack received a belt from King Arthur, with this inscription-

This is the valiant Cornish man That slew the giant Cormoran.

Jack the Giant-killer.

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