Meaning of coss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
   British, India, South-Asia
2. Initialism of commercial open-source software.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncommon, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“... the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) ...”

“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.”

CEFR level