cockshut

cock·shut

noun \ˈkäk-ˌshət\

Definition of COCKSHUT

dialect English

: evening twilight

Origin of COCKSHUT

from the time poultry are shut in to rest

First Known Use: 1592

Rhymes with COCKSHUT

abut, all but, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, crew cut, crosscut, doughnut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, peanut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, shortcut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut