Sekirov Dictionary

cosh

/kɒʃ/

noun 4
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun4

•
A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
- The caissier has a cosh and a gun to protect him, and to heave over the barrier and steal some notes and then vault back and get out of the casino through the passages and doors would be impossible. — 1953
A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
hyperbolic cosine
•
(slang, old-fashioned) The cane.
- There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […] — 1959

adjective1

(Scotland) cozy; snug

verb1

To strike with a weapon of this kind.

forms

coshed · coshing · coshes · more cosh · most cosh

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