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Cotter

Cotter Meaning & Definition
Cotter Definition And Meaning

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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