coxswain n also cocksel*. Transverse bar at the rear of a sled on which the driver stands.
   P 101-71 Cocksel. Bar to stand on at back of slide. C 75-146 A man went up the country one morning in the winter for a load of wood when a strange man jumped on behind the slide on the cocksuns. The man was so big the horse had a difficult time pulling the slide.

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