cockshy Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cock"shy` noun

Definitions

1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
2. An object at which stones are flung.

   "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.