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cowshot

cowshot is the alternative form of cushat.

Meaning of cushat

Noun

cushat (plural cushats)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland, literary) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.
    • The cushat crouds, the corbie cries,
      The cuckoo cuks, the prattling pyes,1597, Alexander Montgomery, The Cherrie and the Slae

Forms of cowshot

pluralcowshots

Questions about cowshot

What is cowshot the alternative form of?
Cowshot is the alternative form of cushat.

Words near cowshot in the dictionary

  1. cowshark
  2. cowsharks
  3. cowshed
  4. cowsheds
  5. cowshit
  6. cowshot
  7. cowshots
  8. cowskin
  9. cowskins
  10. cowslip
  11. cowslip tea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowshot (page history and authors); cushat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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