cockshut

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of net for catching woodcock. countable,obsolete
  2. Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night. uncountable
    — Sir Richard Ratcliff: Thomas the Earl of Surrey, and himself, Much about cock-shut time, from troop to troop Went through the army, cheering up the soldiers.

词形变化

cockshuts plural cockshoot alternative

词汇关系

近义词
crepusculum mirkning nightfall
衍生词
cockshut time

词源

From Middle English cockshoot or a compound of cock (noun) + shut (verb).
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