COT

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.

2.
n.

A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

3.
n.

A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.

4.
n.

A small, rudely-formed boat. Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.

5.
n.

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.]


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