I. ˈkät, usu -äd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German kūz pit as a place of execution, Old Norse kot small hut, Gothic qithus stomach, Latin guttur throat, Greek (Maced dialect) goda intestines, Sanskrit guda bowel, rectum; basic meaning: round, curved
1. : a small house : a cottage or hut
2. : cote 3
3. : a cover or sheath: as
a. : the cloth covering of a drawing roller in a spinning frame
b. : a protective cover for a finger
II. transitive verb
( cotted ; cotted ; cotting ; cots )
: to provide shelter for : put in a cot
III. noun
or cott “
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English cot, from Anglo-French, perhaps from Medieval Latin cottum quilt
: a matted or felted lock of wool or hair (as in the fleece of a sheep or the fur of a cat) : refuse wool
IV. intransitive verb
( cotted ; cotted ; cotting ; cots )
: to form cots : mat
V. ˈkät, ˈkȯt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Irish Gaelic coite
Irish : a small boat
VI. ˈkät, usu -äd.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Hindi khāṭ bedstead, bier, from Sanskrit khaṭvā, of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil-Malayalam kaṭṭil bedstead, bier
1. India : a light bedstead : charpoy
2. : a small bed that is often collapsible and that is used typically for camping or by a child
3. : a bed made of canvas stretched on a frame, suspended like a hammock, and formerly used on shipboard especially by officers and sick persons
4. : a wheeled stretcher for hospital, mortuary, or ambulance service
VII. noun
( -s )
Etymology: by shortening
: apricot
VIII. abbreviation
cotangent
IX. noun
Britain : crib 2b