Obs. or dial. Also 5 cosche, 5–6 cosshe, 6 cosse. [Of uncertain origin: Gaelic cois ‘little hole, cavern’ has been compared.] A small cottage, hut, hovel.
c. 1490. Promp. Parv., 94. Coote, lytylle howse [K. cosh, H. cosche, Pynson cosshe], casa.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 142 b. Some persones buyldeth to god but a poore cosshe or small cotage.
1530. Palsgr., 209/1. Cosshe a sorie house, cauerne.
1547. Salesbury, Dict. Welsh, Bwth, cottage, cosse.
1847. Halliwell, Cosh, a cottage, or hovel. Craven.
