COCKSHUT
Etymology
Noun
cockshut (plural cockshuts)
(obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
(obsolete) Twilight, when woodcock would be caught.
Synonyms
• crepusculum, mirkning, nightfall; see also dusk
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"shut`, n.
Definition: A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] Nares. Cockshut time or light, evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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