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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A large net for catching woodcock by shutting them in.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A kind of net for catching woodcock.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A kind of net to catch woodcock.

Etymologies

  1. cock +‎ shut (Wiktionary)

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Other words for ‘cockshut’

  1. cockshut light

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. cockshoot
  1. cockshut time

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  1. night

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  • majan word "cockshut" means ( I know this word from my childhood and have seen it used often) time just after sunset ( when hens and and other farm birds were led to their coops and shut down for the night. Jul 18, 2009

  • she Wow. "I'm sure finding it hard to wait for cocklight!" (another: twitterlight) Jul 11, 2008

  • austinwords Some other words for evening or twilight:
    - afternight
    - antitwilight
    - cocklight
    - crepuscule
    - e'en
    - eventide
    - gloaming
    - undertime
    - vesper
    - vespertide
    - vespertine
    Feb 5, 2008

  • seanahan Wow, I just assumed this was dirty. Oct 25, 2007

  • arby evening; twilight May 18, 2007

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‘cockshut’ has been looked up 1080 times, loved by 1 person, added to 11 lists, commented on 5 times, and has a Scrabble score of 19.