COT


Meaning of COT in English

1. n.1 Brit. a small bed with high sides, esp. for a baby or very young child.

2 a hospital bed.

3 US a small folding bed.

4 Ind. a light bedstead.

5 Naut. a kind of swinging bed hung from deck beams, formerly used by officers.

Phrases and idioms:

cot-case a person too ill to leave his or her bed. cot-death the unexplained death of a baby while sleeping.

Etymology: Anglo-Ind., f. Hindi khat bedstead, hammock 2. n. & v.

--n.

1. a small shelter; a cote (bell-cot; sheep-cot).

2 poet. a cottage.

--v.tr. (cotted, cotting) put (sheep) in a cot.

Etymology: OE f. Gmc, rel. to COTE 3. abbr. Math. cotangent.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.