cushat

American  

[kuhsh-uht, koosh-] / ˈkʌʃ ət, ˈkʊʃ- /

noun

British Dialect.

1. the ringdove, Colomba palumbus.

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cushat British  

/ ˈkʌʃət /

noun

1. another name for wood pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of cushat

before 900; Middle English couschot, Old English cūscote wood pigeon

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Example Sentences

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cushat

I do not love The eyrie, but low woodland nest Of cushat dove: Not wind, but calm; not toil, but rest And sleep in grassy meadow's breast.

From The Two Twilights by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

The sudden whirr of a cushat is an incident, or the leaping of a lamb among the broom.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson

I scorn my maid; for when she took my cushat, she did not Draw with both hands my face to hers and kiss me on the spot.

From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus

Peace be on thee, my beloved, as long as the cushat flies, As      long as the turtles warble, as long as the zephyrs blow!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by John Payne

The cushat stands Amid the topmost boughs, with azure vest, And neck aslant, listening the amorous coo Of her, his mate, who, with maternal wing Wide-spread, sits brooding on opponent tree.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828 by Various

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