cockshutn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkʃʌt/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌʃət/

Forms:

α. 1500s 1800s– cockshut, 1600s cockeshut.

β. 1600s cockeshute, 1600s cockshoot, 1600s cockshute.

γ. 1600s 1800s cockshout.

δ. 1800s cockshot.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended use of cockshoot n., perhaps with reference to woodcock being typically caught in a cockshoot at twilight. Perhaps < cock n.¹ + shut v., twilight being regarded as the time when poultry go to rest and are shut up. Whichever of these is the origin of the word, both may have had some bearing on the range of forms attested.

archaic or English regional in later use.

Twilight. Frequently as a modifier or more fully in cockshut light, cockshut time, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall

nighteOE

evengloamOE

eveningOE

gloamingc1000

darknessa1382

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

darkc1400

twilight1412

sky1515

twinlightc1532

day-going?1552

cockshut1592

shutting1598

blind man's holiday1599

candle-lighting1605

gropsing1606

nightfall1612

dusk1622

torchlighta1656

candlelight1663

crepuscle1665

shut1667

mock-shade1669

close1696

duskish1696

glooma1699

setting1699

dimmit1746

to-fall of the day or night1748

darklins1767

even-close1781

mirkning1790

gloaming-shot1793

darkening1814

bat-flying time1818

gloama1821

between-light1821

settle1822

dayfall1823

evenfall1825

onfall1825

owl-hoot1832

glooming1842

darkfall1884

smokefall1936

dusk-light1937

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] > of sunset or nightfall

earlya1400

crepusculinec1550

cockshut1592

nightward1631

crepusculous1646

crepuscular1679

sunsetty1860

dimps1891

1592 Arden of Feversham sig. E.2 Let me neuer draw a sword againe, Nor prosper in the twilight, cockshut light.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 23 Thomas the Earle of Surrey and himselfe, Much about cockshut time..Went through the army cheering vp the soldiors.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cane e lupo, Cock-shut, or twilight, as when a man cannot discerne a dog from a Wolfe.

a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) iii. i. 26 Come, come away then, a fine Cock shoot evening.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 35 Cockshut, the close of day.

1868 H. Kingsley Mathilde III. 79 It was getting dusk, cockshot time as they would have said at Sheepsden.

1984 M. O'Donoghue Jedder's Land (new ed.) 74 A fox slipped between the Trees, like a trailing, rust brown scarf, and it was cockshut.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockshut
释义	cockshutn. Brit. /ˈkɒkʃʌt/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌʃət/ Forms: α. 1500s 1800s– cockshut, 1600s cockeshut. β. 1600s cockeshute, 1600s cockshoot, 1600s cockshute. γ. 1600s 1800s cockshout. δ. 1800s cockshot. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended use of cockshoot n., perhaps with reference to woodcock being typically caught in a cockshoot at twilight. Perhaps < cock n.¹ + shut v., twilight being regarded as the time when poultry go to rest and are shut up. Whichever of these is the origin of the word, both may have had some bearing on the range of forms attested. archaic or English regional in later use. Twilight. Frequently as a modifier or more fully in cockshut light, cockshut time, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall nighteOE evengloamOE eveningOE gloamingc1000 darknessa1382 twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 darkc1400 twilight1412 sky1515 twinlightc1532 day-going?1552 cockshut1592 shutting1598 blind man's holiday1599 candle-lighting1605 gropsing1606 nightfall1612 dusk1622 torchlighta1656 candlelight1663 crepuscle1665 shut1667 mock-shade1669 close1696 duskish1696 glooma1699 setting1699 dimmit1746 to-fall of the day or night1748 darklins1767 even-close1781 mirkning1790 gloaming-shot1793 darkening1814 bat-flying time1818 gloama1821 between-light1821 settle1822 dayfall1823 evenfall1825 onfall1825 owl-hoot1832 glooming1842 darkfall1884 smokefall1936 dusk-light1937 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] > of sunset or nightfall earlya1400 crepusculinec1550 cockshut1592 nightward1631 crepusculous1646 crepuscular1679 sunsetty1860 dimps1891 1592 Arden of Feversham sig. E.2 Let me neuer draw a sword againe, Nor prosper in the twilight, cockshut light. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 23 Thomas the Earle of Surrey and himselfe, Much about cockshut time..Went through the army cheering vp the soldiors. View more context for this quotation 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cane e lupo, Cock-shut, or twilight, as when a man cannot discerne a dog from a Wolfe. a1627 T. Middleton et al. Widdow (1652) iii. i. 26 Come, come away then, a fine Cock shoot evening. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 35 Cockshut, the close of day. 1868 H. Kingsley Mathilde III. 79 It was getting dusk, cockshot time as they would have said at Sheepsden. 1984 M. O'Donoghue Jedder's Land (new ed.) 74 A fox slipped between the Trees, like a trailing, rust brown scarf, and it was cockshut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592
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