cushat

American  

[kuhsh-uht, koosh-] / ˈkʌʃ ət, ˈkʊʃ- /

noun

British Dialect.

1. the ringdove, Colomba palumbus.

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cushat British  

/ ˈkʌʃət /

noun

1. another name for wood pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of cushat

before 900; Middle English couschot, Old English cūscote wood pigeon

Example Sentences

Shyest of the winged sylvans, the cushat clapped not her wings away on the soft approach of such harmless footsteps to the pine that concealed her slender nest.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

The gowan may spring by the clear-rinnin' burnie, The cushat may coo in the green woods again.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

I do not love The eyrie, but low woodland nest Of cushat dove: Not wind, but calm; not toil, but rest And sleep in grassy meadow's breast.

From The Two Twilights by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

She covered her with noiseless kisses; she murmured love over her, like a cushat fostering its young.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

This charming spot is the home par excellence of the merle and thrush, the saucy robin, the bold pert chaffie, and murmuring cushat.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon