About The Word Cotter
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Cotter
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What's The Definition Of Cotter?
[n] fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
[n] a medieval English villein [n] a peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands Synonyms | Synonyms for Cotter: cottar | cottar | cottier Related Terms | Find terms related to Cotter: See Also | bucolic | cotter pin | fastener | fastening | fixing | helot | holdfast | peasant | provincial | serf | villein Cotter In Webster's Dictionary \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius,
cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.]
A cottager; a cottier. --Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow
to the cotter. --Whittier.
\Cot"ter\ (k[o^]t"t[~e]r), n. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a {key}. 2. A toggle. \Cot"ter\, v. t. To fasten with a cotter. |
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