cot

¹

[ kot ]

noun

1. a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
2. British. a child's crib.
3. a light bedstead.
4. Nautical. a hammocklike bed stiffened by a suspended frame.

cot

²

[ kot ]

noun

1. a small house; cottage; hut.
2. a small place of shelter.
3. a sheath or protective covering, as for an injured finger or toe.

cot

³

abbreviation for

, Trigonometry.

1. cotangent.

cot

¹

/ kɒt /

noun

1. literary.
   a small cottage
2. Also calledcote
   1. a small shelter, esp one for pigeons, sheep, etc
   2. ( in combination )

      dovecot

3. another name for fingerstall

cot

²

/ kɒt /

noun

1. a child's boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars
2. a collapsible or portable bed
3. a light bedstead
4. nautical a hammock-like bed with a stiff frame

cot

³

/ kɒt /

verb

1. dialect.
   to entangle or become entangled

cot

⁴

/ kɒt /

abbreviation for

1. cotangent

cot

1. Abbreviation of cotangent

Word History and Origins

Origin of cot¹

1625–35; < Hindi khāṭ < Prakrit khaṭṭā < Sanskrit khaṭvā; akin to Tamil kattil bedstead

Origin of cot²

before 900; Middle English, Old English cot (neuter; cote ¹ ); cognate with Old Norse kot hut; akin to cubby, cove ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cot¹

Old English cot; related to Old Norse kot little hut, Middle Low German cot

Origin of cot²

C17: from Hindi khāt bedstead, from Sanskrit khátvā, of Dravidian origin; related to Tamil kattil bedstead

Example Sentences

I stripped down to my gym shorts and stretched out on my cot.

From The Daily Beast

“I was at first on a cot, and then in a succession of accommodations,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

Apparently, Ryan tried bragging about how he sleeps in a cot in his office—to a nun.

From The Daily Beast

A small cot in the corner even provided a rest area for KGB agents when the listening sessions stretched through the night.

From The Daily Beast

Even as he sits and weeps alone on his cot, multiple personalities surround him.

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They stopped presently before a cell, and when the light had been turned on, she saw Baptiste sitting on a cot.

From Project Gutenberg

The dawn, peeping in between the flowered curtains, throws a white, innocent light over her cot.

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Because of its recumbent position, symbolic of General Lee resting on a battlefield cot, this statue is considered most unique.

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The little blue placard hung over the cot, as in the foundling hospitals, states the child's nationality: "Moldo, Wallachian."

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In my cell, as in the others, there was a narrow iron cot, which could be folded and propped up to the cell wall.

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