cot

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cot¹ / kät/ • n. a type of bed, in particular: ∎ a camp bed, particularly a portable, collapsible one. ∎ a plain narrow bed. ∎ Brit. a baby’s crib. cot² • n. a small shelter for livestock. ∎ archaic a small, simple cottage.cot³ Math. • abbr. cotangent.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

cot

views updated May 21 2018

cot 2 light bedstead XVII; swinging bed for officers, the sick, etc., XVIII; small child's bed XIX. — Hindi khāt bedstead, couch, hammock :- Prakrit kha⃛⃛ā, Skr. khá⃛vā.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

cot

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cot.
1. Very humble small rural cottage, especially with wattled sides and a thatched roof, or a structure in a garden or park in imitation of it, but used as a retreat, summer-house, or similar.

2. Dovecote.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

cot

views updated May 17 2018

cot 1 cottage. OE. cot = MLG., MDu., ON. kot :- Gmc. *kutam, rel. to COTE.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

cot

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cot (kɒt) Maths. cotangent

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH