Cockshy /(?)/

Cock·shy

Cockshy

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.
  2. An object at which stones are flung.
    “Making a cockshy of him,” replied the hideous small boy.