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cotter

noun
/kɒtə/UK/kɑtɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English cotter, cotere, kottere, koter, cotier, equivalent to cot (“cottage”) + -er, from Old English cot. Compare Old French coter, cotier.

  1. inherited from cot
  2. inherited from cotter

Definitions

  1. A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.

    • The chains are secured to each end of the cast-iron arches by cotters.

  2. A cotter pin.

  3. To fasten with a cotter.

    • She found Esco by the barn. He was trying to cotter a cart-wheel with a peg he had whittled from a locust branch, driving it in with a hand sledge
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.

      • The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes,— / This night his weekly moil is at an end,— / Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, […]

    2. A surname.

    3. A minor city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States.

    4. A minor city in Louisa County, Iowa, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

cotterless

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