dɔs v. & n. Brit. sl. --v.intr. (often foll. by down) sleep, esp. roughly or in cheap lodgings. --n. a bed, esp. in cheap lodgings. ødoss-house a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants. [prob. = doss ornamentalcovering for a seat-back etc. f. OF dos ult. f. L dorsum back]