a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
British Dialect. a cottage; small house.
a small shelter for pigeons, sheep, etc
( in combination )
dovecote
dialect a small cottage
before 1050; Middle English, Old English cote (feminine; cf. cot 2)
First recorded in 1565–75; origin uncertain
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On the exterior, about the only indication of any religious function was a small bell cote at the parapet.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
Froome, who crashed on stage six, struggled on the final day and was dropped by Contador on the category 1 climb up to cote de Montagny.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2014
And one day he announces grandly: "In Old Castile I own a pigeon cote which if it were not in ruins would hold 200 pigeons if I had pigeons."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Irishman also had a cote of 100 pigeons in his dormitory.
From Time Magazine Archive
They would fly around the countryside for a day or two, then return to the cote.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
A group of three riders finally went clear in the the short côte de Brié climb.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
“Frankly, for a special meal at home, I prefer a côte de boeuf.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2019
It offers dishes in McMillan and Morin’s maximalist style: a grilled cheese as big as a skateboard; a hundred-and-twenty-dollar côte de boeuf.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
It was one of the more modest choices on an à la carte menu which includes a $125 “shellfish tower”, a $195 carving côte de boeuf for two, and a $68 ribeye steak.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2016
There is nothing here to remind you of the Rhine or Rhone, of the low côte d’or, or the infamous and scabby deserts of Champagne; but all is green, solitary, covert.
From The Silverado Squatters by Stevenson, Robert Louis
We round out this week’s list with a great value côtes du rhône and a heritage red from southern Italy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
The movement, an automatic Dubois-Dépraz 9000, is decorated with circular graining on the bridges and a snailed côtes de Genève motif on the rotor.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2013
All down the côtes, these casual shrines exhort the simple peasant to his twofold duty—to God and to his neighbour.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
They escorted two of their number who had been pronounced the most skilful and successful in cultivating the vineyards of the adjacent côtes.
From The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons by Cooper, James Fenimore
The ravines separating these côtes are deep and long: those of Vaux, Haudromont, and Fleury cut into the very heart of the plateau, leaving between them merely narrow ridges of land, easily to be defended.
From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
According to the Dayton Daily News, the proposed development, which was coted down Monday following Chappelle’s public comments, involved more than 100 single-family homes with prices indeed ranging from $250,000-$600,000.
From Fox News ● Feb. 10, 2022
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming to offer you service.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William
We coted them on the way, and thither are they coming to offer you—SERVICE.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
To think, my lord, if you delight not in man, what lenten entertainment38 the players shall receive from you: we coted them on the way;39 and hither are they coming, to offer you service.
From Hamlet by Kean, Charles John
I did, cos I didn't want de police to coted me.
From The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa by Stratemeyer, Edward
My Afrikan Brother," sed I, coting from a Track I onct red, "you belong to a very interestin race.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 2: War by Ward, Artemus
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