cushat

English

Alternative forms

cowshot (Lancashire)

Etymology

From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from Old English cūsċeote, of uncertain origin (possibly from Proto-Germanic or Vulgar Latin).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʌʃət/ or IPA^(key): /ˈkʊʃət/

Noun

cushat (plural cushats)

(Geordie or informal) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.

Synonyms

cushat dove, cushat-dove

Translations

informal: pigeon; wood pigeon; ring dove

Bulgarian: гривяк m (grivjak)
Finnish: pulu (fi)

Greek: φάσα (el) f (fása)
Russian: лесно́й го́лубь m (lesnój gólubʹ), вя́хирь (ru) m (vjáxirʹ)

References

cushat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Anagrams

tuchas

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