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.