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)
- (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
- 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
- kiss