LekhoriLekhoriA kind of net for catching woodcock.
Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
Sir Richard Ratcliff: Thomas the Earl of Surrey, and himself, Much about cock-shut time, from troop to troop Went through the army, cheering up the soldiers.
From Middle English cockshoot or a compound of cock (noun) + shut (verb).
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