COT

cot|cottage. Cot, or Cottage, n. a hut, a very small or little house

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Cot (k?t), n. [[OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.]] 1. 1. A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith. 2. 2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
3. 3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.
4. 4. [[Cf. Ir. cot.]] A small, rudely-formed boat.
Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.