α. see swine n. and cote n.1; also late Middle English swyyne kote, 1500s swynne coote.
β. late Middle English swynce cote, 1500s swins cote, 1500s swynse cote.
swine coten.
/ˈswʌɪn kəʊt/, U.S. /ˈswaɪn ˌkoʊt/ In later use chiefly English regional (northern and north midlands). Now historical.
A pigsty.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > placing in sty > pigsty or pen
sty?c1225
hoghouse1350
hog cote1414
swine sty1414
swine cote?c1430
swine housea1450
swine garth1459
swine house garth1466
hogsty?a1500
swine hulka1500
swine cruive1501
swine hull1566
cruivec1575
pigsty1580
swine's-steada1599
pigscote1599
hog pen1640
hoggery1642
crawl1661
swine crew1673
pigscot1679
?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 277 Now þei [sc. abbeies] ben fallen doun, or maad swyn-kotis, stablis, or bark-houses.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 10155 In a tauerners hous in a swyncote lay she Tyl mydnyht.
1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.vv Wolde you commytte them to the kepynge and feadynge of suche swynherdes as dyd not knowe theyr swinscotes when they sawe them?
1659 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 192 The swynecoate joyneing unto the Church wall be puled downe.
1730 P. Walkden Diary 11 May (1866) (modernized text) 117 Spent the day at home in repairing our swine cote side, and painting it.
1894 A. S. Green Town Life 15th Cent. II. ii. 29 Not only the most thriving and respectable merchants, such as the Honywodes, but the butcher and swine-keeper as well, threw the waste of house and shambles and swine-cote into the open street.
1984 Yorks. Archaeol. Jrnl. 56 48 A stable and cart house covered with thatch was decayed..; the kiln house was decayed and finally a swine cote was decayed.
2001 M. J. Harrison Nunnery of Nun Appleton 17 A kiln house,..cart house, horse mill house and another garner were in this outer area, as well as the swine cote.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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