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cote

UK/kəʊt/ US/koʊt/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)

Origin

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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