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Cote

Cote Meaning & Definition
Cote Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cote?

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

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Cote In Webster's Dictionary

\Cote\ (k[=o]t), n. [See 1st {Cot}.] 1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.] 2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. --Milton.
\Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[^o]t['e] side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c[^o]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. --Shak.
\Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.] To quote. [Obs.] --Udall.

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