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cote

Pronunciation: /kəʊt/

The English word “cote” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

Etymology

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.

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