dial. [Cf. OF. cos (Godef.), F. cosse pod.] The husk of grain; the pod of beans or pease.
1787–95. W. Marshall, Rur. Econ. Norfolk, Gloss., Cosh, the husk or chaff of wheat and oats.
1866. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., Ser. II. II. I. 167. The … cost of separating it [seed] from the husk or cosh must always be considerable.
1886. S. W. Linc. Gloss., Cosh, the pod of beans or tares: as ‘Tars have such a many coshes’; hence also Cosh’d: as ‘How well the beans are cosh’d.’
