Cockshut

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of net for catching woodcock. countable, obsolete
  2. 2
    Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night. uncountable

    "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."

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crepusculumduskeveningevensongeventidemirkning

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"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."

Etymology

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

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cockshut time

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