coss
See also: COSS
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi कोस (kos), from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, “cry, yell; measure of distance”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒs/
- Rhymes: -ɒs
Noun
- (South Asia) A measure of distance, 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, published 2005, pages 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
Old English
Alternative forms
- cos, *cus
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koss/, [kos]
Declension
Derived terms
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