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单词 coss
释义

coss

English

Alternative forms

  • koss

Etymology

From Hindi कोस (kos), from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, cry, yell; measure of distance).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɒs/
  • Rhymes: -ɒs

Noun

coss (plural cosses or coss)

  1. (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.

See also

  • rule of coss

Anagrams

  • CSOs, OSCs, SCOs, Socs, socs

Old English

Alternative forms

  • cos

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old High German kus, Old Norse koss.

Noun

coss m

  1. kiss
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