colloq. [cf. COCK-SHY.] Anything stuck up as a convenient mark for missiles; a shot at such a mark.
1842. S. Lover, Handy Andy, xv. 137. ‘Oh, ’twas such a nice cock-shot, ’twas impossible not to have a shy at it.’
1884. C. Power, in Gentl. Mag., Feb., 107. Take cock-shots with a boot-jack at hawthorn-pattern vases.
