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Cushat

//ˈkʌʃət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove. Geordie, Scotland, literary

    "Thro' lofty groves the Cuſhat roves, The path of man to ſhun it"

  2. 2
    Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from Old English cūsċeote (literally “cow shoot”), although it is difficult to understand why such a name would be given to these birds. Doublet of quist.

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