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
The Irishman also had a cote of 100 pigeons in his dormitory.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 pigeon cote was noisy, the rat cages were correctly smelly, but all were somehow wrong.
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
This brasserie-style restaurant in a repurposed limestone bank building is serving a menu that leans toward luxury with lobster ravioli, dry-aged crown of duck for two, and côte de boeuf, also for two.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
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
Through all the preceding years each village or côte had been served by a missionary, by a movable curé, or by a priest sent out from the Seminary at Quebec.
From Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 by Munro, William Bennett
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
Eh, believe me, Messieurs, give no more côtes mal taillées to men of letters; too proud to receive favors, they are often too much in distress to endure losses.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
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
Above the latter village the whole of the savage and rocky range receded, leaving the lake-shore to vine-clad côtes that stretch away far to the west.
From The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
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
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
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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