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单词 cot-house
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cot-housecote-housen.

Brit. /ˈkɒthaʊs/, /ˈkəʊthaʊs/, U.S. /ˈkɑtˌhaʊs/, /ˈkoʊtˌhaʊs/, Scottish English /ˈkothʌʊs/
Etymology: < cot n.1, cote n.1 + house n.1
Scottish and dialect.
1. A small cottage; spec. in Scotland, the house of a cottar.Although usually spelt cot-, the actual word in the south of Scotland is cote-, pronounced the same as coat, with the long o that has arisen from original short o in an open syllable, as in Old English cŏ-te, Middle English cō-te.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > small house > small ( and humble) house
cotc893
cotlif1001
cotea1034
cratchc1325
shiel1338
cottagec1405
cot-housec1550
cell1577
shiel-house1804
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 76 Na scottis man suld duel in ane house that vas loftit bot rather in ane litil cot house.
a1699 M. Shields in J. Howie Faithful Contendings Displayed (1780) 198 Among the Cott-houses of Scotland.
?1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Scaith 16 Twice a week to Maggie's cot-house, Swith! by post the papers fled.
1858 M. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw I. 258 ‘That I couldna make a cothouse in Kirkbride..look like hame to my own bairns?’
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Cot-house, the most usual name for a cottage; the latter is hardly ever heard among those who live in one.
2. A slight shelter; a shed, outhouse, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] > types of
skilling1389
haghouse1400
hovel1435
back shed1535
cot-house1606
boorachc1660
linhay1695
spring house1755
woodshed1764
cookhouse1802
tool-house1817
shed1855
drive shed1869
1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London iii. sig. D3v Creeping into the Beadles Cothouse (which standes betweene his legges, that are lapt rounde about with peeces of Rugge..).
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 423 Londoners..laugh at strong walled cities, as cotte houses for women [L. muliercularum habitacula].
1871 J. R. Wise New Forest Gloss. Cot-house, an outhouse, shed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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