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cot(1) (iou)



cot noun1.
[Old English cot = Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Old Norse kot, from Germanic base (cf. Old Norse kytja hovel) rel. to that of COTE noun1.]
A (small) cottage; a humble dwelling. Now chiefly poet. & literary. OE.
F. Quarles Poor cots are ev'n as safe as princes halls.
A small erection for shelter or protection; = COTE noun1 2. Usu. in comb., as bell-cot, dovecot. ME.
A protective covering; spec. a finger-stall. obsolete exc. dial. E17.
Comb.: cot-house Scot. & dial. (a) a small cottage; spec. in Scotland, the house of a cottar; (b) an outhouse, a shed; cotland Hist. a piece of land (about 5 acres, 2 hectares) attached to a peasant's cot; cotman Hist. a tenant of a cot or cottage; Scot. a cottar; cot-town Scot. a hamlet of cot-houses.