In CentOS 7, add setenv PATH <PATH string, use \: to split> when executing the csh command as below.
[testuser@centos7~]$ rsh remotehost 'echo $PATH' /usr/bin:/bin [testuser@centos7 ~]$ rsh remotehost 'setenv PATH /usr/bin\:/bin\:/opt;echo $PATH' /usr/bin:/bin:/opt