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

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cushat

I trust thou hast come home to work like a decent lass, and not sit moaning with thine hands afore thee like a cushat dove.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt

Shyest of the winged sylvans, the cushat clapped not her wings away on the soft approach of such harmless footsteps to the pine that concealed her slender nest.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

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

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 G. H. (George Henry) Edwards

Gwynneth and Llewelyn perhaps sitting silent below, heard sounds as of a cushat dove cooing over its young.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan