cote

Etymology 1

From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

noun

  1. A cottage or hut.
  2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

Etymology 2

See quote.

verb

  1. Obsolete form of quote.

Etymology 3

Probably related to French côté (“side”) via Middle French costé.

verb

  1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
    A dog cotes a hare.
    …strength to pull down a bull—swiftness to cote an antelope. 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. and C. Black (1868), 37

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