Etymology

cockshut

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Today it means: A kind of net for catching woodcock. Full definition →

Middle English cockshoot
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromcockshoot
  2. English todaycockshut

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

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