cosp dial.
[OE. cosp, also cops a shackle, etc. = OS. cosp: see cops.]
1. A hasp; = cops 2.
| 14..[see cops 2]. 1522 MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., For a hooke & cospe and a catche for the entre dore. |
2. (See quots.)
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Cosp, the cross bar at the top of a spade. 1863 Morton Cycl. Agric. Gloss., Cosp (Heref.), the head of a plough. 1884 Holland Chesh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Cosp, (1) the cross piece at the top of a spade handle; (2) frequently used for the head. |