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cote1 definition

cote (kōt)

noun

  1. a small shelter or shed for fowl, sheep, doves, etc.
  2. Brit., Dialectal a cottage

Etymology: ME, cot

cote2 definition

cote (kōt)

transitive verb coted cot′ed, coting cot′·ing

Obsolete to pass by the side of; go around

Etymology: < ? MFr cotoyer, to go by the side of, coast along < OFr costeier < coste, coast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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