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cockshoot

cockshoot is the alternative form of cockshut.

Meaning of cockshut

Noun

cockshut (countable and uncountable, plural cockshuts)

  1. (countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
  2. (uncountable, otherwise obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
    • 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.1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third', act 5, scene 3

Proper noun capitalized: Cockshoot

Cockshoot (plural Cockshoots)

  1. A surname.

Forms of cockshoot

pluralCockshoots

Questions about cockshoot

What does cockshoot mean?
Cockshoot means a surname.
What is cockshoot the alternative form of?
Cockshoot is the alternative form of cockshut.
What part of speech is cockshoot?
Cockshoot is a proper noun.

Words near cockshoot in the dictionary

  1. cocksheads
  2. cockshied
  3. cockshies
  4. cockshit
  5. cockshits
  6. cockshoot
  7. cockshot
  8. cockshots
  9. Cockshott
  10. cockshut
  11. cockshut time

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