Cote

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkot/

From the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot ("small house"). Cognate to Dutch kot.

Full definition of cote

Noun

1. A cottage or hut.
2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
• MiltonWatching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
  In hurdled cotes.

Related terms

• dovecote
• sheepcote

Synonyms

• shed

See quote.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To quote.

Probably related to French côté ("side").

Verb

1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.A dog cotes a hare.
• ShakespeareWe coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
• 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. and C. Black (1868), 37:...strength to pull down a bull——swiftness to cote an antelope.

Anagrams

• Ceto