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cockshuts

cockshuts is the plural 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

Questions about cockshuts

What is cockshuts the plural of?
Cockshuts is the plural of cockshut.

Words near cockshuts in the dictionary

  1. cockshot
  2. cockshots
  3. Cockshott
  4. cockshut
  5. cockshut time
  6. cockshuts
  7. cockshy
  8. cockshying
  9. cocksicle
  10. cocksicles
  11. cockskin

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