cushatとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English cowshott, cowschote, quyshte, from 古期英語 cūsċeote (字義どおりに “cow shoot”), although it is difficult to understand why such a name would be given to these birds. Doublet of quist.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌʃət/, /ˈkʊʃət/

名詞

cushat (複数形 cushats)

1. (Tyneside or literary) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.
   • 1888, Gordon Stables, In Touch with Nature: Tales and Sketches from the Life, page 46:

     [A]nd no sound falls on my ears, except the distant roar of a passing train, the song of linnets, and croodle of turtle-dove and cushat.

同意語

• cushat dove, cushat-dove, queest, quist