cockshut

noun

1. (countable, obsolete)A kind of net for catching woodcock.
2. (uncountable)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.”

   “1 Fai.: Mistress, this is only spite: For you would not yesternight Kiss him in the cock-shut light.”

   “In the quiet cockshut after a heavy darg, a boonfellow likes to croodle with her fanger (or he with his bellibone) as they watch the sunset through the eyethurl.”