cot
Pronunciation: /kɒt/
The English word “cot” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
- A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
- A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
- A cottage or small homestead.
- A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
- A small, crudely-formed boat.
- A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
- A man who does household work normally associated with women.
- vulva; vagina.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).
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