Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish cosán.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cousane

  1. A big hole, as in a fence.
  2. A secret hole.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32