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Webster 1913 Edition

Cot

Cot

(kŏt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
cot
,
cote
, AS.
cot
,
cote
, cottage; akin to D. & Icel.
kot
, G.
koth
,
kot
,
kothe
. Cf.
Coat
.]
1.
A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered
cot
, the cultivated farm.
Goldsmith.
2.
A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
3.
A cover or sheath;
as, a roller
cot
(the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a
cot
for a sore finger
. See also
finger cot
.
4.
[Cf. Ir.
cot
.]
A small, rudely-formed boat.
Bell cot
.
(Arch.)
See under
Bell
.

Cot

(kŏt)
,
Noun.
[AS.
cot
cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF.
coite
, F.
couette
(E.
quilt
), LL.
cottum
,
cottus
, mattress. See
Cot
a cottage.]
A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.
[Written also
cott
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Cot

COT

, COTE,
Noun.
[G. In Welsh, this word signifies a cot, a hovel or stye, an abrupt termination, a rump, a tail, a skirt. Cwta, short, abrupt, bob-tailed; cwtau, to shorten. This indicates that cot is from cutting off, and hence defending.]
1.
A small house; a hut; a mean habitation; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. 2 chronicles 32.
2.
A leathern cover for a sore finger.
3.
An abridgement of cotquean.
4.
A cade lamb. [Local.]
5.
A little boat.

Definition 2024

cot

cot

See also: cốt, cót, and çot

Translingual

Symbol

cot

  1. A symbol for the trigonometric function cotangent.

Synonyms

English

Noun

cot ‎(plural cots)

  1. (US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
  2. (nautical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
  3. A crib (child's bed).
  4. A cover or sheath.
    a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)
    a cot for a sore finger
  5. A finger cover used to prevent static discharge.
  6. A small, crudely-formed boat.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old English cot ‎(“cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutan (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz ‎(“execution pit”)), from Scythian (Scytho-Sarmatian) *kuta (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 ‎(kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot ‎(“student room; small homestead”).

Noun

cot ‎(plural cots)

  1. (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
    • Goldsmith
      the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm
    • 1898, Ethna Carbery, Roddy McCorley (poem).
      Oh, see the fleet-foot hosts of men who speed with faces wan / From farmstead and from thresher's cot along the banks of Ban
  2. A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons; a cote.
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Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • cotu

Etymology

From Latin cubitum. Compare Daco-Romanian cot.

Noun

cot n (plural coati/coate or coturi)

  1. elbow

Noun

cot m (plural cots or coate/coati)

  1. an old measure, unit of length

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kutan (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz ‎(“execution pit”)), from Scytho-Sarmatian *kuta (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 ‎(kata, “chamber”)).

Noun

cot n

  1. cottage

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cubitum.

Noun

cot n ‎(plural coate)

  1. elbow

Noun

cot n ‎(plural coturi)

  1. corner

Noun

cot m ‎(plural coți)

  1. old unit of length, approx. 2 feet

Derived terms

Etymology

From Hindi खाट ‎(khāṭ).

Pronunciation

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