cockshut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

cockshut cockshuts cockshoot

Etymology

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

Derived words

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