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Definition cot
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindi ??? (kh??), from Sauraseni Prakrit ????? (kha???), from Sanskrit ????? (kha?v?, “bedstead”).
Noun
cot (plural cots)
- (US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
- A crib (child's bed).
- (nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
Etymology 2
From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kut?, *kut? (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German k?z (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan ???? (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.
Noun
cot (plural cots)
- (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
- A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons; a cote.
Etymology 3
From Irish cot (“small boat”).
Noun
cot (plural cots)
- A small, crudely-formed boat.
Etymology 4
From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.
Noun
cot (plural cots)
- A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
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