A variant spelling of coss; an ancient unit of distance used in India and Middle Eastern regions.
From Hindi kos, same root as coss. An alternative English spelling used less commonly than 'coss.'
The multiple spellings of this word (cosse, coss, kos) reflect how English speakers struggled to transliterate Hindi into Latin characters before standardized systems existed.
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