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

Example Sentences

She sang so sweetly that a cushat dove flew down from a tree and followed her.

From The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations by Unknown

The gowan may spring by the clear-rinnin' burnie, The cushat may coo in the green woods again.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

She covered her with noiseless kisses; she murmured love over her, like a cushat fostering its young.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

But the cushat got free for a’ that,” said the wee wifie, with nods and smiles and shrill laughter.

From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)

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