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cockshut

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A kind of net for catching woodcock.
    countable, obsolete
  2. Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
    uncountable

Examples

“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.”
“1 Fai.: Mistress, this is only spite: For you would not yesternight Kiss him in the cock-shut light⟳.”
“In the quiet cockshut after a heavy darg, a boonfellow likes to croodle with her fanger (or he with his bellibone) as they watch⟳ the sunset through the eyethurl.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cockshut time cockshy cocksicle cockskin cockslap cockslave

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