Meaning of Cosh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
2. hyperbolic cosine
   uncountable
3. A blunt instrument such as a bludgeon or truncheon.
4. The cane.
   UK, dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]”

“Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]”

CEFR level