| 释义 |
cot-town, cottown Sc.|kɒttaʊn|
[f. cot n.1 + town.]
A village or hamlet of cot-houses.
1446in Cartul. Aberdeen 8 (Jam.) And the Cotton sal frely occupy the ta side of the said lonyng on the north part, and the hospitale on the south side. 1561Reg. St. Andrews Kirk Sess. (1889) I. 114 To put hyr in conjunct fe of the cottoun of Forret. 1813J. Headrick Agric. Forfarshire 137 Cottagers are collected in small villages, called cottowns, where they occupy a house and garden, and sometimes keep a cow, under the farmer. |