cockshut
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Is cockshut a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.countableobsolete
2. (uncountable, puristic, otherwise obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.Examples: "Sir Richard Ratcliff: Thomas the Earl of Surrey, and himself, Much about cock-shut time, from troop to troop Went through the army, cheering up the soldiers."; "1 Fai.: Mistress, this is only spite: For you would not yesternight Kiss him in the cock-shut light."; "In the quiet cockshut after a heavy darg, a boonfellow likes to croodle with her fanger (or he with his bellibone) as they watch the sunset through the eyethurl."uncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary