"cockshut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cockshuts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cokshote, equivalent to cock + shut. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cokshote}} Middle English cokshote, {{com|en|cock|shut}} cock + shut Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cockshut (countable and uncountable, plural cockshuts)
  1. (countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock. Tags: countable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cockshut-en-noun-lVOI-PWK
  2. (obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Hunting, Times of day
    Sense id: en-cockshut-en-noun-De~FviV1 Disambiguation of Hunting: 6 94 Disambiguation of Times of day: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crepusculum, mirkning, nightfall, dusk, cockshoot Derived forms: cockshut time

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Alternative forms

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