cossock* n also cod-sock, cossack*, cozzock [phonetics unavailable]. Cp DAE cossack 1 'a kind of shoe or boot' (1805, 1806); EDD cossicks 'boots without loose tongues; bluchers' Y. Cp also similar var forms under CASSOCK. Footwear made by cutting the legs off a pair of old rubber boots at the ankle.
   P 148-65 At the end of the fishing season the father would come home and cut off his boots. These cut-off boots would be worn over the winter, called kazakses. P 126-67 ~ a kind of footwear made by cutting the top part off a pair of rubber boots. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 16 Cozzocks. A pair of knee rubbers cut away, with only the foot portion left, so that they look like shoes.

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