Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cot \Cot\ (k?t), n. [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin
to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. {Coat}.]
1. A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. --Goldsmith.
2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals,
as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a
drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore
finger.
4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat.
{Bell cot}. (Arch.) See under {Bell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cot \Cot\ (k?t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF.
coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress.
See {Cot} a cottage.]
A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a
piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written
also {cott}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cot
n 1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: {fingerstall}]
2: baby bed with high sides [syn: {crib}]
3: a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn: {camp
bed}]
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