closh

C3L1O1S1H4
/klɒʃ/

noun

The game of ninepins.

OriginDutch klossen →
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Meanings

closh1

nounclosh (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe game of ninepins.

    forbidding the same persons to play at tables, tennis, closh, dice

    1627, Thomas Gataker, Of the Nature and Use of Lots

closh2

nounclosh (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis; founder.

    To heale the closh, or founder in the feet of Cattell

    1633, Leonard Mascall, he Gouernment of Cattell

Origin

closh · noun

  1. Dutchklossen“to play at bowls”
  2. Englishclosh

From Dutch klossen (“to play at bowls”).

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closh · noun

Compare French clocher (“to limp”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with closh

washjoshgoshmoustachecoshmoshboshawashcohoshswashfroshquashdoshnoshbriocheclocheguillochekiboshdownwashgâchegaloshmusquashskoshsplosh
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Sounds the same

clochecloche

Anagrams

Losch
Cite this entry
APA

closh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closh

MLA

“closh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “closh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closh.

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