/ˈkowθe/, /ˈkowse/
OrixeInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese couce m (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin calcem f (“heel”). Cognate with Portuguese coice m and Spanish coz f.
- masculinea kick, especially from a quadruped
“Iten, Johán Cortido, vesiño da çidade d'Ourense, et sua ama diseron, por lo dito juramento que feito avyan, que omes de Aluaro de Taboa[da] que lle lleuaron e tomaron do seu lugar de Casa Noua sete ma” — Item, Xoán Cortido, citizen of the city of Ourense, and his housekeeper, told, under the oath they'd done, that men of Álvaro de Taboada took from them and took in their place of Casa Nova: seven blan
“Drias do rio ajudame,
Que o Pegaso è mala vesta,
E se me acerta dous couces
En ma dia sò Poeta.” — Dryads of the river, help me,
because Pegasus is a fierce beast,
if he hits me two kicks
at a bad time I am a poet
- masculineback yoke of oxen
- masculinelower and thicker part of a tree trunk
- masculinestump, part left after a cut, like a tree or a plant
- masculinehinge
- masculinehandle of a fishing rod
Formascouces(plural) · coi(alternative) · couz(alternative)