Etymology

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Today it means: A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove. Full definition →

Middle English cowshott ← Old English cūsċeote
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  1. Old English · inherited fromcūsċeote
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcowshott
  3. English todaycushat

From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from Old English cūsċeote (literally “cow shoot”), although it is difficult to understand why such a name would be given to these birds (see cūsċeote for more). Doublet of quist.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcūsċeote all →

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