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cotangent.

Can be confusedcaught court cot

cot¹

[kot]

noun

a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
British. a child's crib.
a light bedstead.
Nautical. a hammocklike bed stiffened by a suspended frame.

Origin of cot¹

1625–35; < Hindi khāṭ < Prakrit khaṭṭā < Sanskrit khaṭvā; akin to Tamil kattil bedstead

cot²

[kot]

noun

a small house; cottage; hut.
a small place of shelter.
a sheath or protective covering, as for an injured finger or toe.

Origin of cot²

before 900; Middle English, Old English cot (neuter; cf. cote¹); cognate with Old Norse kot hut; akin to cubby, cove¹

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Related Words

bunk berth gurney trundle

Examples from the Web for cot

Contemporary Examples

I stripped down to my gym shorts and stretched out on my cot.
I Shot Bin Laden
Elliot Ackerman
November 16, 2014
“I was at first on a cot, and then in a succession of accommodations,” he says.
The Pastor Who Scandalized His Town
Lloyd Grove
October 8, 2014
Apparently, Ryan tried bragging about how he sleeps in a cot in his office—to a nun.
The World Would Go to Hell Without Nuns
William O’Connor
September 4, 2014
Even as he sits and weeps alone on his cot, multiple personalities surround him.
Madbeth: Alan Cumming Plays Almost Every Role in “Macbeth”  
Liesl Schillinger
April 23, 2013
The Qari spent weeks sitting on his cot reciting in a sing-song chant the entire Quran.
U.S. Must Show It Respects Quran and Its Importance to Afghans
Jere Van Dyk
February 28, 2012

Historical Examples

"You can sleep there," he said, pointing to a cot bed in the corner of the room.
Brave and Bold
Horatio Alger
When Nurse had gone she would lie still in her cot, waiting.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
May Sinclair
After a moment he arose, took his lantern into his tent, and there spread his find on his cot.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
Kingozi retired again to his cot; but for a long time he could not get to sleep.
The Leopard Woman
Stewart Edward White
The cot was placed on the floor, and he continued to dictate from it.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Robert Southey

British Dictionary definitions for cot

cot¹

noun

a child's boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars
a collapsible or portable bed
a light bedstead
nautical a hammock-like bed with a stiff frame

Word Origin

C17: from Hindi khāt bedstead, from Sanskrit khátvā, of Dravidian origin; related to Tamil kattil bedstead

cot²

noun

literary, or archaic a small cottage
Also called: cote
1. a small shelter, esp one for pigeons, sheep, etc
2. (in combination)dovecot
another name for fingerstall

Word Origin

Old English cot; related to Old Norse kot little hut, Middle Low German cot

cot³

abbreviation for

cotangent

cot⁴

verb cots, cotting or cotted

Midland English dialect to entangle or become entangled

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Word Origin and History for cot

n.1

"small bed," 1630s, from Hindi khat "couch, hammock," from Sanskrit khatva, probably from a Dravidian source (cf. Tamil kattil "bedstead").

n.2

"hut, cottage;" see cote.

cot in Science

cot

Abbreviation of cotangent

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Examples from the Web for cot

Contemporary Examples

I stripped down to my gym shorts and stretched out on my cot.

“I was at first on a cot, and then in a succession of accommodations,” he says.

Apparently, Ryan tried bragging about how he sleeps in a cot in his office—to a nun.

Even as he sits and weeps alone on his cot, multiple personalities surround him.

The Qari spent weeks sitting on his cot reciting in a sing-song chant the entire Quran.

Historical Examples

"You can sleep there," he said, pointing to a cot bed in the corner of the room.

When Nurse had gone she would lie still in her cot, waiting.

After a moment he arose, took his lantern into his tent, and there spread his find on his cot.

Kingozi retired again to his cot; but for a long time he could not get to sleep.

The cot was placed on the floor, and he continued to dictate from it.

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