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cothouse

noun

Etymology

From cot + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as cothouse — “cot + house”

Definitions

  1. A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.

    • He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.

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