cote
noun
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
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cote
1 American
[koht]
/ koʊt /
noun
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a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
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British Dialect. a cottage; small house.
cote
2
American
[koht]
/ koʊt /
verb (used with object)
Obsolete.
coted,
coting
côte
3
American
[koht]
/ koʊt /
noun
French.
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côtes
plural
cote
1
British
/ kəʊt /
noun
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a small shelter for pigeons, sheep, etc
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( in combination )
dovecote
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dialect a small cottage
cote
2
British
/ kəʊt /
verb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cote1
before 1050; Middle English, Old English cote (feminine; cf. cot 2)
Origin of cote2
First recorded in 1565–75; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
With beauty in his heart he also built a dove cote by the woodshed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Duchess circled overhead, then dove over the pigeon cote, sending the birds into panic.
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
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
And when your desires are more concrete, those meat and potatoes — grilled côte de boeuf with potatoes aligot — are awfully good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2016
How did he who derived Côtentin from côte deal with other names of districts following the same form?
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton
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
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 Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
As they retreated, the French occupied the villages of Vaux and Damloup, at the foot of the côtes.
From World's War Events, Vol. II by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
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 Elizabeth S. Kite
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 Charles John Kean
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 Delia Bacon
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming to offer you service.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
To think, my lord, if you delight not in man, what lenten entertainment the players shall receive from you: we coted them on the way; and hither are they coming to offer you service.
From Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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 Artemus Ward
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