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

When the bride was "as Eagles wish to be who love their lords"—devoted unto her was the bridegroom, even as the cushat murmuring to his brooding mate in the central pine-grove of a forest.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

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)

O sweet are Coila’s haughs an’ woods, When lintwhites chant amang the buds, And jinkin’ hares, in amorous whids Their loves enjoy, While thro’ the braes the cushat croods With wailfu’ cry!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

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

But hath my fledgeling cushat here slept ill?

From Locrine: a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles