cockshut

[kok-shuht]

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noun British Dialect.

the close of the day; evening; twilight.

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Origin of cockshut

First recorded in 1585–95; cock¹ + shut

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A cockshut was a large net used to catch woodcocks after sunset.
Arden of Feversham
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