Cot
Cot (kot) , noun
[Old English cot, cote, Anglo-Saxon cot, cote, cottage; akin to Dutch & Icelandic kot, German koth, kot, kothe. Compare Coat.]
1.
A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.
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.
A small, rudely-formed boat.
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Cot (kot) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon cot cottage, bedchamber; or compare Old French coite, French couette (English quilt), Late Latin 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.