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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