Definition of Cot

Pronunciation: kǒt
n.1.A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.
- Goldsmith.
2.A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
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. See also finger cot.
4.A small, rudely-formed boat.
Bell cot
(Arch.) See under Bell.
1.A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.


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