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cushaw U.S.|kəˈʃɔː, ˈkʌʃɔː|
Also cashaw.
[perh. Algonquin.]
A winter crookneck squash, or a variety of this.
1588T. Harriot Briefe & True Rep. of Virginia sig. c4v, Coscushaw, some of our company tooke to bee that kinde of roote which the Spaniards in the West Indies call Cassauy. 1698G. Thomas Pennsylvania 21 Cucumbers, Coshaws, Artichokes. 1705R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 27 Their Cushaws are a kind of Pompion, of a bluish green Colour, streaked with White, when they are fit for Use. 1868W. N. White Gardening for South 214 The best variety [of squash] for family use is the Cashaw, a long, cylindrical, curved variety. 1924J. W. Raine Land of Saddle-Bags 28, I asked an old man why he preferred ‘cushaws’ (a large crook-neck squash) to pumpkins. |