This one is pronounced very strange, like "cocks-in". Similarly, "boatswain" is pronounced "bo-sin".
College
The helmsman of a boat; the person on board ship having permanent charge of a boat and its crew, of which he has command unless a superior officer is present. See also coxswainship, which is just plain weird.
This one is pronounced very strange, like "cocks-in". Similarly, "boatswain" is pronounced "bo-sin".
College
The helmsman of a boat; the person on board ship having permanent charge of a boat and its crew, of which he has command unless a superior officer is present. See also coxswainship, which is just plain weird.