obs. or dial. var. UPSHOT sb.
1620. Ford, Linea V., 69. This King of men is substitute to his King with this vpshut [etc.].
1658. A. Fox, trans. Würtz’ Surg., I. ii. 3. In the upshut it proveth meerly an accustomed thing.
1887. S. Cheshire Gloss., 418. The form upshut is still used in Dorset.
