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Meaning of coss | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/kɒs/

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

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

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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