cot
noun
[ kɒt ]
• a small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child.
Origin:
mid 17th century (originally Anglo-Indian, denoting a light bedstead): from Hindi khāṭ ‘bedstead, hammock’.
cot
noun
• a small shelter for livestock.
• a small, simple cottage.
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse kytja ‘hovel’; related to cote.
cot
abbreviation
• cotangent.
