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cockshut

noun

Etymology

From Middle English cockshoot or a compound of cock (noun) + shut (verb).

  1. inherited from cockshoot

Definitions

  1. A kind of net for catching woodcock.

  2. Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.

    • Sir Richard Ratcliff: Thomas the Earl of Surrey, and himself, Much about cock-shut time, from troop to troop Went through the army, cheering up the soldiers.
    • 1 Fai.: Mistress, this is only spite: For you would not yesternight Kiss him in the cock-shut light.
    • In the quiet cockshut after a heavy darg, a boonfellow likes to croodle with her fanger (or he with his bellibone) as they watch the sunset through the eyethurl.

The neighborhood

Derived

cockshut time

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA