cockshy

noun

Etymology

From cock + shy; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

  1. inherited from *skeuhaz
  2. inherited from *skeuh
  3. inherited from sċēoh
  4. inherited from shy
  5. compounded as cockshy — “cock + shy

Definitions

  1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.

  2. An object at which stones are flung

    An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.

    • He had seen Tom Ricketts, of the fourth form, who used to wear a jacket and trousers so ludicrously tight, that the elder boys could not forbear using him in the quality of a butt or ‘cockshy’ […]
  3. To pelt

    To pelt; to throw things at.

The neighborhood

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