cocotte 1
/koh kot", keuh-/ ; Fr. /kaw kawt"/ , n. , pl. cocottes /-kots"/ ; Fr. /-kawt"/ .
prostitute.
[ 1865-70; coq COCK 1 + -otte fem. suffix ]
cocotte 2
/koh kot", keuh-/ ; Fr. /kaw kawt"/ , n. , pl. cocottes /-kots"/ ; Fr. /-kawt"/ .
a round or oval casserole, usually of earthenware or fireproof porcelain, used especially for cooking an individual portion of meat, fowl, or game.
[ 1865-70; cocasse, coquasse applied to various receptacles, obscurely akin to coquemar kettle, by uncert. mediation koukoumárion (or its presumed VL source), ult. deriv. of L cucuma kettle ]