dial. [f. COCK sb.1 + LIGHT.] a. Morning dawn, cock-crowing. b. Evening twilight, the time when cocks go to roost.
1612. Two Noble Kinsmen, IV. i. (1621), 61. I must loose my Maydenhead by cocklight.
1746. Exmoor Scolding, I. (E. D. S.), 36. He’ll meet tha in the Vuzzy-park Coander by Cockleert, or avore.
1855. Whitby Gloss., Cocklight, the dawn of day, cock-crowing. ‘We are out o’ bed by cock leet, and work till sundown.’
1888. Elworthy, W. Somerset Word-bk., Cock-light, evening twilight.
