Cote

//kəʊt// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cottage or hut.
  2. 2
    a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) wordnet
  3. 3
    A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

    "Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes."

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of quote. alt-of, obsolete
  2. 2
    To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before. obsolete

    "A dog cotes a hare."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.

Synonyms

All synonyms
blockhouseboxcabincotcotcottage

Example

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"Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

Etymology 2

See quote.

Etymology 3

Probably related to French côté (“side”) via Middle French costé.

Etymology 4

From French Côté, from Latin costa.

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