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

Peace be on thee, my beloved, as long as the cushat flies, As      long as the turtles warble, as long as the zephyrs blow!

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John

Silent here are lark and plover;    In the cover Deep below the cushat best Loves his mate, and croons above her    O'er their nest, Where the wide-winged hawk doth hover.

From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew

The offspring nestled to the parent, who gathered her to her bosom, covered her with noiseless kisses, and murmured love over her like a cushat fostering its young.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

It was like a muckle black corbie carrying off a cushat doo.

From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)

While the cushat rejoices that she is out of the reach of mischievous boys,— Coo, coo, come now, Little lad With thy gad, Come not thou!

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)