noun
- a heavy stick or club used as a weapon
Usage: British
verb
- to hit someone with a cosh or similar weapon
Usage: British
Examples
- The robber threatened the shopkeeper with a cosh.
- Police found a leather cosh at the crime scene.
- The security guard carried a cosh for protection.
- He was coshed over the head during the attack.
- The victim was coshed unconscious by the assailant.
- She grabbed a cosh from behind the counter.