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Cot
Definitions
- 1 A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes. Canada, Philippines, US
"There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp that night, and a rumor that brought men out of their cots to the tent doors, a paddling of the naked feet of doolie-bearers and the rush of a galloping horse."
- 2 A cottage or small homestead. archaic
"the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm"
- 3 A small, crudely-formed boat.
- 4 A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
"a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)"
- 5 A man who does household work normally associated with women. obsolete
"You know, that being an old bachelor, and somewhat of an epicure, he is at home, what the vulgar call a cot; and has laid down his spontoon for the tasting spoon, converted his sword into a carving knife, and his sash into a jelly bag."
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- 6 vulva; vagina. dated
- 7 Initialism of chain of thought. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 a small bed that folds up for storage or transport wordnet
- 9 A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
- 10 A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
- 11 baby bed with high sides made of slats wordnet
- 12 A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks. historical
- 13 a sheath worn to protect a finger wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).
From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.
From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”).
From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.
Contraction of cot-quean.
Variant of cock
See also for "cot"
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