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cote

noun
/kəʊt/UK/koʊt/US

Etymology

From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

  1. inherited from cote
  2. inherited from cote

Definitions

  1. A cottage or hut.

  2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

    • Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes.

  3. Obsolete form of quote.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To go side by side with

      To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

      • A dog cotes a hare.
      • We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
      • …strength to pull down a bull—swiftness to cote an antelope.

    2. A surname from French.

The neighborhood

Derived

bellcote, dovecote, hogcote, sheepcote, swinecote

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA