cockshut

== English == === Alternative forms === cockshoot === Etymology === From Middle English cockshoot or a compound of cock (noun) +‎ shut (verb). === Noun === cockshut (countable and uncountable, plural cockshuts) (countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock. (uncountable, puristic, otherwise obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night. ==== Synonyms ==== crepusculum, mirkning, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk ==== Derived terms ==== cockshut time === References ===