coss
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒs/
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- Rhymes: -ɒs
Noun
coss (plural cosses or coss)
- (India) A measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:
- A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:
See also
Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.
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