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plural cosses or coss
(South Asia) A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles. quotations examples
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.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'In Flood Time', In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, pages 410–11