cushatn.

Brit.

/ˈkʊʃət/,

/ˈkʌʃət/, U.S.

/ˈkʊʃət/,

/ˈkəʃət/, Scottish English

/ˈkʌʃət/,

/ˈkuʃət/

Forms: Old English cúscute, cúscote, cúsceote, Middle English cowscott, cowschote, 1500s cowschet, kowschot, 1500s–1600s coushot, 1600s, 1800s cowshot, 1700s cowshut, 1700s–1800s cooscot, 1800s cowscot; 1500s cuschet, 1700s– cushat, 1800s dialect cushie, cusha.

Etymology: Old English cúscute, -scote, -sceote (weak feminine) has no cognates in the other Germanic languages, and its etymology is obscure. The element scote, scute is apparently a derivative of scéotan (weak grade scut-, scot-) to shoot, and may mean ‘shooter, darter’: compare sceotan in Ælfric's Colloquy, glossed tructos ‘trouts’, apparently in reference to their rapid darting motion; also compare Old High German scoȥȥa strong feminine, shoot (of a plant). For the first part, cú cow offers no likely sense, and Prof. Skeat suggests that we may here have an echo of the bird's call = modern coo: this is doubtful. Others have taken the first part as Old English cúsc chaste, modest, pure; but the rest of the word then remains unexplained.

Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.

a. The wood pigeon or ring-dove.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon)

cushata700

culverc825

wood-culvera1100

wood-dovec1386

queest?1440

ringed dove?1533

ring-dove1538

wood-quest1543

wood pigeon1668

ring pigeon1776

woodie1947

a700 Epinal Gloss. 829 Palumbes, cuscutan [Erfurt cuscotae, Corpus cuscote].

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 260/7 Pudumba, cusceote.

10.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 286/2 Palumba, cuscote, uel wuduculfre.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 702/34 Palumbus, cowscott.

1483 Cath. Angl. 79 Cowschote, palumbus.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 237 The cowschet [v.r. kowschot] crowdis and pyrkis on the ryss.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 169 Some dozens of queests, coushots, ringdoves and woodculvers.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Cowshut, a wild pigeon.

1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 629 On lofty aiks the cushats wail.

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 313 Cooscot.., the wood-pigeon.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. x. 116 He heard the cushat's murmur hoarse.

1866 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 224 The building cushats cooed and cooed.

b. cushat-dove n. (Sc. cusha-dow, cushie-doo)

ΚΠ

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xxxiv. 60 Fair Margaret, through the hazel grove, Flew like the startled cushat-dove.

1886 Sidey Mistura Curiosa 103 The Cushie doo That croodles late at e'en.

Compounds

cushat marl n. marl of a greyish colour.

ΚΠ

1682 A. Martindale in J. Houghton Coll. Lett. Husb. & Trade I. 121 Cowshut-Marle (so called, as I suppose, for its resemblance in colour to Stock-doves, or Queoca, which the Vulgar in this Country call Cowshuts) being of a brownish colour, bespangled with blew veins.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cushat
释义	cushatn. Brit. /ˈkʊʃət/, /ˈkʌʃət/, U.S. /ˈkʊʃət/, /ˈkəʃət/, Scottish English /ˈkʌʃət/, /ˈkuʃət/ Forms: Old English cúscute, cúscote, cúsceote, Middle English cowscott, cowschote, 1500s cowschet, kowschot, 1500s–1600s coushot, 1600s, 1800s cowshot, 1700s cowshut, 1700s–1800s cooscot, 1800s cowscot; 1500s cuschet, 1700s– cushat, 1800s dialect cushie, cusha. Etymology: Old English cúscute, -scote, -sceote (weak feminine) has no cognates in the other Germanic languages, and its etymology is obscure. The element scote, scute is apparently a derivative of scéotan (weak grade scut-, scot-) to shoot, and may mean ‘shooter, darter’: compare sceotan in Ælfric's Colloquy, glossed tructos ‘trouts’, apparently in reference to their rapid darting motion; also compare Old High German scoȥȥa strong feminine, shoot (of a plant). For the first part, cú cow offers no likely sense, and Prof. Skeat suggests that we may here have an echo of the bird's call = modern coo: this is doubtful. Others have taken the first part as Old English cúsc chaste, modest, pure; but the rest of the word then remains unexplained. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect. a. The wood pigeon or ring-dove. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > genus Columba > columba palumbus (wood-pigeon) cushata700 culverc825 wood-culvera1100 wood-dovec1386 queest?1440 ringed dove?1533 ring-dove1538 wood-quest1543 wood pigeon1668 ring pigeon1776 woodie1947 a700 Epinal Gloss. 829 Palumbes, cuscutan [Erfurt cuscotae, Corpus cuscote]. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 260/7 Pudumba, cusceote. 10.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 286/2 Palumba, cuscote, uel wuduculfre. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 702/34 Palumbus, cowscott. 1483 Cath. Angl. 79 Cowschote, palumbus. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 237 The cowschet [v.r. kowschot] crowdis and pyrkis on the ryss. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 169 Some dozens of queests, coushots, ringdoves and woodculvers. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Cowshut, a wild pigeon. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 629 On lofty aiks the cushats wail. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 313 Cooscot.., the wood-pigeon. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. x. 116 He heard the cushat's murmur hoarse. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 224 The building cushats cooed and cooed. b. cushat-dove n. (Sc. cusha-dow, cushie-doo) ΚΠ 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xxxiv. 60 Fair Margaret, through the hazel grove, Flew like the startled cushat-dove. 1886 Sidey Mistura Curiosa 103 The Cushie doo That croodles late at e'en. Compounds cushat marl n. marl of a greyish colour. ΚΠ 1682 A. Martindale in J. Houghton Coll. Lett. Husb. & Trade I. 121 Cowshut-Marle (so called, as I suppose, for its resemblance in colour to Stock-doves, or Queoca, which the Vulgar in this Country call Cowshuts) being of a brownish colour, bespangled with blew veins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a700
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