{Cockshut time} or {Cockshut light}, evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] --Shak. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cockshut — [käk′shut΄] n. [Now Brit. Dial.] evening twilight … English World dictionary
Cockshut — This name, with variant spellings Cockshot, Cockshoot, Cockut and Cockshutt, is of English locational origin from Cockshoot Farm in Worcestershire, Cockshot in Kent or Cockshut in Lancashire. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century … Surnames reference
Cockshut Hill Technology College — Type Comprehensive community school Specialism Technology College Location Cockshut Hill Yardley Birmingham West Midlands B26 2HX England … Wikipedia
Cockshut light — Cockshut Cock shut , n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] Nares. [1913 Webster] {Cockshut time} or {Cockshut light}, evening twilight; nightfall; so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cockshut time — Cockshut Cock shut , n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] Nares. [1913 Webster] {Cockshut time} or {Cockshut light}, evening twilight; nightfall; so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cockshut — noun Etymology: from the time poultry are shut in to rest Date: 1592 dialect England evening twilight … New Collegiate Dictionary
cockshut — /kok shut /, n. Brit. Dial. the close of the day; evening; twilight. [1585 95; COCK1 + SHUT] * * * … Universalium
cockshut — n. evening, end of the day; nightfall; twilight (British Slang); net for catching woodcocks … English contemporary dictionary
cockshut — cock·shut … English syllables
cockshut — cock•shut [[t]ˈkɒkˌʃʌt[/t]] n. Brit. Dial. brit. twilight • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
