Obs. [f. as prec. + -SHIP.] The action or behavior of a coward; cowardice.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 9210. Our cowardschippe we may it wite.
1548. Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xi. 80 b. He … blameth the cowardship of them that … did further debate the matter.
1601. Shaks., Twel. N., III. iv. 422. More a coward then a Hare … for his cowardship aske Fabian.
