'Cockshy' definitions:

Definition of 'Cockshy'

From: GCIDE

Cockshy \Cock"shy`\, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
2. An object at which stones are flung. [1913 Webster]
"Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]